4th Grade American History

What did the Northwest Ordinance ban in the Northwest Territory?

• money
• Settlement by American Indians
• slavery
• independent political elections

What was a lasting result of the Battle of Fallen Timbers?

• The Shawnee Indians assumed a greater role in the U.S. political life.
• The United States acquired much of the Ohio Country.
• The French took control of Canada from Britain.
• The United States lost control of Zane's Trace.

How did the Battle of Fallen Timbers change the Ohio region?

• It resulted in U.S. government control of the region.
• It caused French fur-trappers to settle in the region.
• It led to increased British military activity in the region.
• It increased the power of Indian tribes in the region.

Which of the following items is a primary source?

• a map showing where various Indian tribes once lived in Ohio
• a description of Ohio's Historic Indians in a recent textbook
• a diary of a pioneer who lived among the Shawnee Indians in 1790
• a painting by a modern artist showing how Ohio looked 200 years ago

Article 6: There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes where the person shall have been convicted..... Which democratic ideal is expressed in this excerpt?

• Right to personal liberty
• Right to employment
• Right to free education
• Right to free land

By 1775, why were so many colonists unhappy with British rule?

• The British had taken the first steps towards ending slavery.
• The British had been unable to win the French and Indian War.
• The British had taxed the colonists without their consent.
• The British had failed to develop much trade with the colonists.

What was the main result of the Battle of Lake Erie?

• Americans gained control of the Great Lakes.
• Americans were unable to conquer Canada.
• Americans lost the War of 1812 to Great Britain.
• Americans defeated Tecumseh and the Shawnee Indians.

Which action was taken by abolitionists in Ohio in the decades before the Civil War?

• They organized in opposition to the Stamp Act.
• They declared American independence from Great Britain.
• They helped slaves to escape along the Underground Railroad.
• They called on Southern slaves to attack their owners.

What was NOT a reason colonists wanted to fight Great Britain for their independence?

• The colonists began to think of themselves as American, not British
• The Americans already had a new government called the Articles of Confederation
• The colonists felt the taxes placed on them were unjust and unfair
• The colonists had no representation in the government

What was not a cause of the American Revolution?

• The Constitution
• High taxes on colonists
• Colonists prohibited (not allowed) to move into western land