Social Studies Praxis 5089

What is the Northwest Ordinance?

• Established rights in territories

• established a three-step plan for territories to become states.

• forced territories to become states

What were the steps in the Northwest Ordinance?

• The first step was the appointment of a governor, secretary, and three judges by Congress. Next, the territory was organized once it had a population of 5,000 free adult men, qualifying it to have a legislature. When the territory grew to 60,000 people, it could apply to Congress for admission as a state.

• The first step was the appointment of a governor, secretary, and three judges by Congress. When the territory grew to 60,000 people, it could apply to Congress for admission as a state.

In the Northwest Ordinance, how many people needed to hold residence to become a state?

• 5,000 men

• 5,000 people

• 5,000 free men

• 500 men

What is the Waltham-Lowell System?

• An early version of the assembly line.

• A system from England to have women work in factories until they married to start families.

• A system from England where women worked out side of the homes.

Who wrote the Monroe Doctrine?

• Hamilton

• Andrew Jackson

• James Monroe

• John Quincy Adams

What was the Monroe Doctrine?

• declared that the United States would be opposed to all existing European colonies in the Americas and would also oppose the establishment of any new colonies

• declared that the United States would not interfere with any existing European colonies in the Americas, but would oppose the establishment of any new colonies.

• made the United States indifferent on all European colonies

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Jackson Lee

Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin wrote?

• to promote slavery in America

• to promote literacy in all races

• to gain traction for a southern army

• to show a harsh view point of slavery

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• Congress passed a series of laws that admitted new states while maintaining the balance of slave and free states

• Congress passes a series of laws that admitted all states as free states

• Congress passed a series of laws that admitted all new states as slave states

"Popular sovereignty" meant.......

• that residents could vote for all officials in the state

• the population of slaves would determine if a state was free or slave

• that residents could vote for their new state to be slave or free.