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The Northwest Ordinance

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year did Ohio become a state?

a)

1999

b)

1903

c)

1803

d)

1833

2.

What are the beliefs that support democracy, such as freedom, justice and equality?

a)

democratic ideals

b)

democracy

c)

ideas

d)

territory

3.

How many steps did it take to establish a state?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

3

4.

In 1787, Congress passed this law which allowed Congress to divide the Northwest Territory into 3 to 5 separate territories.

a)

United States

b)

Northwest Territory

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

Proclamation Line

5.

Ohio was the ______ state formed.

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

14th

6.

This was the newly established United States as part of the treaty signed at the end of the Revolutionary War.

a)

Northwest Ohio

b)

Northwest Ordinance

c)

Constitution

d)

Northwest Territory

7.

In Step 2 of becoming a state, a minimum of _____ free adult males had to reside in the territory before they could elect political leaders to govern them.

a)

5,000

b)

6,000

c)

60,000

d)

4,550

8.

Once 60,000 free people (both male and female) resided in a territory, that territory could apply for statehood. What step was this?

a)

Step 2

b)

Step 4

c)

Step 3

d)

Step 1

9.

Select an example of a democratic ideal.

a)

banned slavery and encouraged education

b)

people didn't have rights in the Northwest Territory

c)

settlers living in the territory did not have a right to a jury

d)

6 states formed from the ideals

10.

What was the first permanent settlement in Ohio?

a)

Campus Martius

b)

Adelphia

c)

New England

d)

Marietta

11.

What was the Enabling Act?

a)

It enabled the Indians to settle

b)

Set Ohio's boundaries to the current boundaries today

c)

It was an attempt to get the conflict in Northwest Territory to settle down

d)

It was Ohio's first Constitution

12.

The American Indians formed a coalition against the United States and then raided American settlements to discourage colonists from settling in Ohio Territory. What was this group called?

a)

The Western Confederacy

b)

The Redcoats

c)

The Colonists

d)

The American Troops

13.

What was the Battle of Fallen Timbers of 1794?

a)

The American Indians formed a coalition against the United States

b)

Western Confederacy was defeated, last major war between colonists and Indians

c)

Tecumseh and his brother attempted to form a new Confederacy

d)

After American Indians fell to colonists, they had to give up Ohio

14.

This was a treaty that tribes had to sign which ended the war and set up boundaries between tribes and settlers.

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Fallen Timbers

c)

Treaty of U.S.A.

d)

Treaty of Greenville

15.

Name 1 of the states formed in the Northwest Territory.

(a)