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WorksheetsNW Ordinance
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following states was NOT part of the Northwest Territory?
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Pennsylvania
By winning what war did the U.S. gain the land from the Atlantic in the east to the Mississippi River in the West?
The Civil War
The Revolutionary War
The Spanish-American War
The War of 1812
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 said that people within the territory had all of the following rights EXCEPT...
To own slaves
Religious freedom
Right to a trial by a jury
To have a say in the government (if you were a free white landowning male)
Which of the following did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 set land aside for in every township?
Police stations
A fort
City Halls
Schools
When a territory gained _______ free adult people, it could write a Constitution and apply to the U.S. government to become a state
5,000
50,000
60,000
Any number of
How many acres are in one section of a township?
640
320
80
40
What was banned in the Northwest Territory?
slavery
public education
religious freedom
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was a plan to add what to the Union?
states
slavery
central government
independence
What Accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation, Prohibited Slavery in the New territories?
Land Ordinance
Northeast Ordinance
Northwest ordinance
none of the above
This was the First written Constitution of the U.S.
Constitution
MayFlower Compact
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independance
What were the two Accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation?
Northeast Ordinace & Ranch Ordinance of 1785
Land Ordinance of 1785 & Northwest ordinance
Land ordinance
none of the above
Under the Northwest Ordinance, "to become a state there has to be a Population of how many?
40,000
60,000
10,000
30,000
The Northwest Territory was located...
north and west of the Ohio River, including present day Ohio
south and east of the Louisiana Purchase
in the present day Northwest region, including the states of Oregon and Washington
in present day Canada
