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WorksheetsSTAAR Review - Northwest Ordinance
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which headline describes an event that established guidelines for the admission of new states to the United States?
According to the Northwest Ordinance, which condition did a U.S. territory have to meet in order to apply for statehood?
Have a population of 60,000 free settlers
Hold a vote on whether to become a free or slave territory
Establish one public school per district
Have a territorial governor appointed by the president
According to the guidelines set by the Northwest Ordinance, what size population of free settlers did a territory need to apply for statehood?
(a)
The (a) established a government, outlined the process for admitting a new (b) to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original 13 states.
How did the provisions of the Northwest Ordinance affect U.S. expansion?
By funding a transportation network in uninhabited regions
By establishing a process for territories to govern themselves
By promoting the growth of southern plantation economies
By creating a national bank to loan money to land investors
The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the United States by instituting a -
method to purchase territory from foreign powers
procedure for military takeovers of existing countries
process through which states could be added to the Union
compromise line that prohibited slavery in the West
The Northwest Ordinance is considered a historical milestone because it -
more than doubled the size of the United States
established a method for admitting new states to the Union
encouraged state legislatures to ratify the Constitution
proposed treaties with American Indians to allow the peaceful settlement of new territories
After the end of the Revolutionary War, states were eager to expand into newly available territory. The states of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia argued over competing claims to land west of the Appalachian Mountains. This conflict was addressed by the (a) .
What area did the Northwest Ordinance affect?
