The Northwest Ordinance

Ms. Garrett

American History

Objective - You will integrate information from diverse sources, into a coherent
understanding of how the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 impacted the future expansion
of the United States in order to identify strengths and Weaknesses of the Articles of

Confederation.
Aim - How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 impact future
expansion of the United States?
Do Now - Watch video How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 deal with Blacks and Native Americans?
The Northwest

Ordinance

Open Ended

How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 deal with Blacks and Native Americans?

A Solution For The Time

• Thomas Jefferson wants to see the land

become new, separate states (where

slavery will not exist after 1800).

• Congress meets and passes…

• Land Ordinance of 1785- a law that

established the Northwest Territory and

formed a political system for the region;

land would be sold at public auction.

Objective - You will integrate information from diverse sources, into a coherent understanding of how
the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 impacted the future expansion of the United States in order to
identify strengths and Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

Multiple Choice

Who is the President of the United States at this time of the Northwest ordinance?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Donald Trump

Poll

What does the word ordinance mean?

• Law

• vote

• proposal

• Command

What Was Solved?

• Since Congress could NOT

tax the citizens, selling
land at a public auction
would help to benefit the
new U.S. government and
solve the greatest
problem…

• Debt

Objective - You will integrate information from diverse sources, into a coherent understanding of
how the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 impacted the future expansion of the United States in order
to identify strengths and Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

Multiple Choice

They decided to sell the land because

• The could not afford anything else

• The taxes was not enough

• The Congress could not tax under the Article of Conferderation

“Not Worth a Continental”

• The United States government

was unable to pay most
veterans of the American
Revolution.

• The value of Continental bank

notes had dropped
substantially.

• To repay the veterans,

Congress offered them land in
the Northwest Territory.

Objective - You will integrate information from diverse sources, into a coherent understanding of how the
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 impacted the future expansion of the United States in order to identify strengths
and Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

Open Ended

What does “Not Worth a Continental” mean?

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

A.

Problem: Many states made claims to the
western lands (Northwest Territory).

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Boundaries of the
Northwest
Territory:

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Great Lakes (north),
Pennsylvania (east),
Ohio River (south),
Mississippi River
(west)

Multiple Choice

How many states were in the Northwest region?

• six

• seven

• five

• four

Multiple Choice

What state is to the WEST of the Northwest territory?

• Virgina

• Canada

• Louisiana

• Pennsylvania

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

B.

Solution to the Problem: All states agreed to
cede (give) their claims to Congress, so Congress
can sell the land for the good of the country
(confederation).

NATIONAL DOMAIN – Public land

Multiple Choice

What problem did the government face?

• Fighting with the Native Americans

• debt, no money

• Fighting with the blacks

• Negotiating with foreign powers

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

II.

LAND ORDINANCE
of 1785:Congress’s
plan to sell the land
of the Northwest
Territory.

A.

Rectangular Survey
System –carefully
surveyed the land
into squares to be
sold.

The Catch…

• There is always a catch it

seems. In this situation, the
public auctions were ONLY
available to citizens who
could purchase an entire
section of 640 acres initially.

• Therefore, all bidding

BEGAN at $640 ($1 per
acre).

• Land speculators who made

a bid and won a section
could sell individual, smaller
portions of it AFTER the
initial auction and make a
profit.

Open Ended

What was the "catch" who does it affect?

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

B.

Education– the sale from one section of each
township goes to start a school for that
township.

How much went for education?

Answer: $640

Multiple Choice

How much was the sale from one section of each township?

• $500

• $1300

• $640

• $250

III.

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE of 1787
this document establishes…

✔
the principles and procedures for the
orderly expansion of the United States.

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE of 1787

A.

Statehood:

1.

When the population reaches 5,000 adult males
the area can:

a.

elect its own legislature.

b.

send non-voting members to Congress.

Multiple Select

What happens when the states populations reaches more than $5000?

choose two

• Increase taxes

• send non-voting members to Congress.

• Increase the number of representatives

• elect its own legislature

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE of 1787

2.

When the population reaches 60,000
adult males the area can:

a.

can write a state constitution and
apply for statehood.

b.

If Congress approves the state
Constitution that area will become a
state.

Multiple Select

When the population reaches 60,000 adult males the area can:

choose two

• Increase the number of representatives

• If Congress approves the state Constitution that area will become a state.

• can write a state constitution and apply for statehood.

• send non-voting members to Congress.

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE of 1787

Five states:

Indiana (1816)
Ohio (1803)

Illinois (1818)
Michigan (1837)

Wisconsin (1848)

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE of 1787

Rights Guaranteed:
1.

Trial by jury

2.

Public education

3.

Freedom of religion

4.

Prohibition of slavery

Multiple Choice

NORTHWEST ORDINANCE of 1787 guaranteed all except:

• Prohibition of slavery

• Freedom of religion

• Establishing of public schools

• Right to bear arms