Which of the following states was NOT part of the Northwest Territory?
The Northwest Ordinance

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Christopher White
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Pennsylvania
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT a reason why the U.S. government auctioned off the land in the Northwest Territory?
To pay war debts
Because it couldn't gain money by taxing its people
Because it wanted Americans to farm the new land
Because the land was totally empty
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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)
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 set land aside for in every township?
Police stations
A fort
City Halls
Schools
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did Thomas Jefferson want to make new states out of the Northwest Territory?
So he can name one after himself
So existing states won't fight over the land
To better represent Native American interests
So fur traders can have a place to call their own
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The lasting impact of the Northwest ordinance of 1787 was...
that slavery would be made illegal forever after in the U.S.
that the U.S. was unable to compromise.
that we would be dragged into another war.
that it provided instructions on how the U.S. should add new states to the U.S. in the future.
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