Declaration of Independence / NW Ordinance

The Northwest Territory was located...

• north and west of the Ohio River, including present day Ohio

• south and east of the Louisiana Purchase

• in the present day Northwest region, including the states of Oregon and Washington

• in present day Canada

The first article of the Northwest Ordinance and Amendment 1 of the U.S. Constitution both guarantee:

• Freedom of religion

• The right to peaceably protest

• Freedom of the press

• The right to own a firearm

Slavery was allowed in southern states, which, at the time, bordered the Northwest Territory. If a slave were to run away from the South and make it to the Northwest Territory, would that slave be considered a free person?

• No, the NW Ordinance specifically said they would be returned if bounty hunters came looking for them.

• Yes, slavery was outlawed unless that person had committed a crime

• No, a person can never be truly free from the constraints of society.

• Yes, once any person entered the NW Territory, they would be issued citizenship papers.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 addressed a need for _______________ in the Northwest Territory and established precedents for the future governing of the United States.

• government

• freedom

• land ownership

• additional indentured servitude

Which statement is most accurate concerning the Northwest Ordinance?

• The issue of slavery was largely ignored in the document

• Hunters of runaway slaves were barred from entering the territory.

• Slavery was abolished in the Northwest Territory.

• All males were given the right to vote.

What was the significance of the Northwest Ordinance?

• It established procedures to limit settlement in the western territories.

• It sought to limit the individual rights of Native American Indians.

• It established a plan for admitting new states into the Union.

• It was opposed by most of the people living in the territory.

Who is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Hancock

• George Washington

The ideas of having unalienable Rights such as "life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" and having the right to "throw off such Government" that does not protect rights comes from which Enlightenment thinker?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• John Adams

• John Locke

The Declaration of Independence states that a government must govern according to what?

• Mob rule

• The consent of the people

• The declaration of the president

• The rule of law

The Declaration of Independence says the government of England...

• sent soldiers to make the colonists follow unfair laws
• made the colonists pay unfair taxes
• would not let the colonists make decisions about how to run the government
• all of the above