Northwest Ordinance

What time period was the Critical Period?

• 1781-1787

• 1996-1999

What was the Northwest Ordinance created for?

• Land obtained in 1999

• Land obtained after the French and Indian War

• Land obtained after the Revolutionary War

Congress passed a series of

• politics

• ordinances

• treaties

• constitutions

How many sections were territories divided in?

• 18

• 6

• 24

• 36

What did the Northwest Ordinance (1787) provide?

• A recipe on making lemonade

• Process of denying states

• Process of accepting states

What is the first step in setting up a state?

• 5,000 free adult males must live in the territory to elect a representative to run the territory

• 60,000 free inhabitants live in territory, they can write a constitution and admit to statehood

• Congress appoints a governor and judges to run territory

What is the second step in setting up a state?

• 60,000 free inhabitants live in territory, they can write a constitution and admit to statehood

• 5,000 free adult males must live in the territory to elect a representative to run the territory

Select all of the outcomes of the Northwest Ordinance

• Prohibited slavery throughout the territory!

• Granted freedom of religion and right to trial

• Any adult male who owned 50 acres of land had the right to vote

• Enacted a main language - English

Which was NOT a problem with the Confederation?

• Problems with foreign nations

• Famine leading to many colonists fleeing to the Spanish territory

• Growing economic hardship

• No coordination b/w states and few national rule