Land Ordinance and Northwest Ordinance 1787

The most significant accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation was 

• The creation of the dollar

• The passing of the Northwest Ordinance

• The new national army

• The strong executive branch

The Land Ordinance of 1784, which created a process for how territories could become states, was written by Alexander Hamilton.

• True

• False

The ordinance divided land north of the Ohio river and east of the _____ river into smaller territories.

• Tennessee

• Alabama

• Mississippi

• Ohio

What was the main purpose of selling the land in the Northwest Territory?

• To pay for debts from the American Revolution

• To make a profit off of the Native Americans

• To make sure veterans had a place to live

Women in the Northwest territories had the right to vote 

• True

• False 

How many people did the territory have to have before it could write a constitution and apply to become a state?

• 60,000

• 5,000

• 10,000

• 600,000

What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• To move Native Americans out of the Northwest Territory

• Set the process of territories becoming states

• Surveyed land witin the NW territory 

What freedoms/rights were granted citizens in the Northwest territories (eventually states)

• Freedom of religion 

• consent of the governed

• Trial by Jury

• all of the above

This is banned in the Northwest territory.

• Voting

• Native Americans

• Slavery

What was NOT an effect of this ordinance?

• Division of land

• Public land sales

• Creation of new states

• Banning slavery in the South