Intro to Westward Expansion

The Northwest Ordinance of 1785 divided up townships into 36 lots with each lot being 640 acres. Four of the lots would be awarded to veterans, thirty-one would be sold to the public, and one lot would be used for this:

• a public school

• a library

• a fire department

• a courthouse

The Northwest Territory encompassed land in the upper Midwest north of the Ohio River, west of Pennsylvania, and east of:

• Appalachian Mountains

• The Mississippi River

• Virginia

• Lake Michigan

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

• a. established procedures for new states to be admitted into the Union

• b. divided up the Northwest Territory

• c. allowed Congress to appoint governors to each territory formerly of the Northwest Territory

• d. ALL of the above

The Northwest Ordinance prohibited this in the territories of the former Northwest Territory:

• Immigration

• Slavery

• Taxes

• Immigration & Slavery

The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from this nation:

• Canada

• France

• Britain

• Spain

He was serving as President of the United States when the Louisiana Purchase was made:

• Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Per the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, a territory of the U.S. could draft its own constitution and seek statehood when:

• the territory had been established for at least 5 years

• the territory had been established for at least 10 years

• its population reached 60,000

• the territory had been established for at least 5 years & its population reached 60,000

This territory stretched north to south from the present day state of Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico:

• New Mexico Territory

• Louisiana Territory

• Northwest Territory

• Oregon Territory

Part of the Louisiana Territory, the U.S. coveted this important port city:

• New Orleans

• Baltimore

• Cincinnati

• Chicago

The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory for:

• $15 million

• $15 thousand

• $100 thousand

• $100 million