Exploring the Northwest Ordinance

What did the Land Ordinance of 1785 establish?

• It established a system for surveying and selling western land.

• It regulated trade routes to the west.

• It established a tax system for western territories.

• It created a military draft for western settlers.

What states were created from the Northwest Territory?

• Kentucky, California, Tennessee, and Mississippi

• Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and some of Minnesota

• Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina

• West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee

What rights did the Northwest Ordinance guarantee to settlers?

• Protection against foreign invasion

• Rights guaranteed included freedom of religion, the right to a fair trial, and freedom of speech

• Right to bear arms

• Guaranteed access to free education

What was the relationship between the Northwest Ordinance and the Articles of Confederation?

• The Northwest Ordinance was created to stop settlers from moving west

• The Northwest Ordinance was a treaty signed by the states to end the Revolutionary War.

• The Northwest Ordinance was a document that outlined the rights of British colonists in America.

• The Northwest Ordinance was a law passed under the Articles of Confederation that established a method for admitting new states and governing the Northwest Territory.

What is an Ordinance?

• A law saying new land SHOULD be surveyed so that it can be split up to be bought and sold

• A law that prevents settlers from moving west

• A law that stated that new land should NOT be surveyed

• A law that states that all settlers would receive shelter from danger

What are some of the democratic ideals of the Northwest Ordinance?

• Freedom of free food, freedom of free land, and freedom of speech

• Right to give harsh punishments without trials and freedom of speech

• Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and right to a fair trial

• Freedom for settlers to do whatever they want

The Congress of Confederation didn't allow they Northwest Territory to have freedom of speech.

• True

• False

The Northwest Ordinance made a plan to help people of the Northwest Territory to make states.

• True

• False

Territories were recognized as equal to existing states (had the same rights, laws, and government style)

• True

• False

A territory needs _ _ , _ _ _ people to become a state.