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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following states were NOT included in the NW Ordinance?OhioPennsylvaniaIndianaIllinois
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHow many people were required to live in a territory before it could elect a legislature?5,00060,00010,000500
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat does a legislature do?Enforces lawsInterprets lawsMakes laws
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe ordinance divided land north of the Ohio river and east of the _____ river into smaller territories.TennesseeMississippiAlabamaOhio
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe Northwest Ordinance said that slavery was illegal in the Northwest TerritoryTrueFalse
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe Northwest Territory included land that became which stateVirginiaOhioTexasWashington
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe Northwest Ordinance provided a pathway for territories to apply forstatehoodfederal fundinginfrastructure grants
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe Northwest Ordinance set up the government for theLouisiana PurchaseNorthwest ReserveNorthwest TerritoryNortheast Territory
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?to control Indians in the Northwest Territoryto set the boundaries of the Northwest Territoryto set a path to statehood and establish rights for settlersto help settlers travel west
- 10. Multiple ChoiceOnce a territory wrote a constitution, who had to approve it?PresidentOther StatesSupreme CourtCongress
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an ordinance?A rule, law or decree.A direction or location.A democratic vote.A grievance against England.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a key point of the NW Land Ordinances of 1885-1887?It required all children to work starting at age 12.It established judicial review.It prohibited slavery.It legalized trade with China.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat requirements did the Northwest Ordinance have for the admission of a territory into the union as a new state?Once a population of 30,000 people was achieved with a territoryOnce a population of 60,000 people was achieved within a territoryOnce a territory established a congressOnce a territory had a movie theater
- 14. Multiple ChoiceTrue or false? The Northwest Ordinance encouraged free public education and guaranteed both religious freedom and trial by jury.TrueFalse
- 15. Multiple Choice
An area of land that is part of a country but not yet a state is called this term.provincetownshipterritorysection - 16. Multiple ChoiceA synonym for ordinance is law.truefalse
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name Congress gave to the lands that were won from the British after the Revolution?Northwest TerritoryIndian TerritoryCanadaBlack Swamp
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhen ????? white men lived in a territory, a legislature would be elected.5005,00050,000500,000
- 19. Multiple ChoiceSettlers of the Northwest Territory were given the same rights or freedoms as other United States citizens.truefalse
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT a right guaranteed to citizens living in the Northwest Territory?freedom of speechright to worshiptrial by juryright to cause panic
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Northwest Ordinance forbid (not allow) to occur in the Northwest Territory?gamblingslave owningwarsquatting
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Northwest Territory?The lands west of the original 13 coloniesThe land east of the original 13 coloniesThe land by the Pacific OceanThe land by Mexico
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat was given to the people in the Northwest Ordinance?Freedoms via the Bill of RightsSlaveryThe ability to tradeFarming tools
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe ordinance divided land north of the Ohio river and east of the _____ river into smaller territories.TennesseeMississippiAlabamaOhio
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?Establish Peace among the coloniesEstablish a National court SystemEstablish the process for adding a new statesMake all 13 states agree to amendments
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the first step in the process to gain statehood under the Northwest ordinance?Congress appointed a group of leaders including a governor and judgesslavery would not be allowedwhen 60,000 people lived there, it could write a constitution and apply for statehoodWhen the white male population reached 5,000 a territory could have a legislature
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the last step in the process to gain statehood under the Northwest Ordinance?Congress appointed a governor and judgesslavery would not be allowedwhen 60,000 people lived there, it could write a constitution and apply for statehoodwhen the white male population reached 5,000 a territory could have a legislature
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?to control the Indians in the Northwest Territoryto set the boundaries of the the Northwest Territoryto set a path to statehood and establish rights for settlersto help settlers travel west
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