Northwest Ordinance

Which of the following states were NOT included in the NW Ordinance?

• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Indiana
• Illinois

How many people were required to live in a territory before it could elect a legislature?

• 5,000
• 60,000
• 10,000
• 500

What does a legislature do?

• Enforces laws
• Interprets laws
• Makes laws

The ordinance divided land north of the Ohio river and east of the _____ river into smaller territories.  

• Tennessee
• Mississippi
• Alabama
• Ohio

The Northwest Ordinance said that slavery was illegal in the Northwest Territory

• True
• False

The Northwest Territory included land that became which state

• Virginia
• Ohio
• Texas
• Washington

The Northwest Ordinance provided a pathway for territories to apply for

• statehood
• federal funding
• infrastructure grants

The Northwest Ordinance set up the government for the

• Louisiana Purchase
• Northwest Reserve
• Northwest Territory
• Northeast Territory

What is the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?

• to control Indians in the Northwest Territory
• to set the boundaries of the Northwest Territory
• to set a path to statehood and establish rights for settlers
• to help settlers travel west

Once a territory wrote a constitution, who had to approve it?

• President
• Other States
• Supreme Court 
• Congress