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What did the United States gain control of after the Revolutionary War?

• The entire province of Quebec

• A small section of land on the Atlantic coast

• A large section of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River

• The Mississippi River

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What is the main topic of the passage?

• The challenges faced by the government in dealing with the newly acquired territory

• The post-Revolutionary War period in the United States to modern day.

• Americans were afraid to give their new national government too much money or power.

• The history of the United States

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How did the U.S. government remove the White American "squatters" and the Native Americans in the newly acquired territory?

• The U.S. government starting a war to get the Native American tribes to leave the Northwest Territory.

• The United States decided to negotiate a treaty with each nation, paying for rights to the land.

• The White American "squatters" and the Native Americans decided to move to California.

• The Northwest Ordinance (1787) required the people occupying the land to sell to speculators.

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What does the term 'cede' mean?

• To gain control or ownership of something

• To give over control or ownership of something

• To maintain control or ownership of something

• To destroy control or ownership of something

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Check off all 3 rules the Northwest Ordinance (1787) described for how the new territory would be incorporated into the United States.

• The new land would come under control of the United States government as a federal territory. It

  would not become part of any existing states.

• The land would eventually be divided up and become brand new states—at least three, but no

  more than five.

• Congress would appoint a temporary government for each territory formed in the region.

• The United States decided to negotiate a treaty with each nation, paying for rights to the land.