Founding documents

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

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was important because it

• ensured universal suffrage for all males

• extended slavery north of the Ohio River

• provided a process for admission of new states to the Union

• established reservations for Native American Indians

The Northwest Ordinance was the first governmental document of the U.S. that included

• civil rights

• the election process

• equality for all citizens - male or female

• set-up of the government