Unit 3 Northwest Ordinance / Shay's Rebellion

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

Which documents are in the correct chronological order?

• Declaration of Independence, Northwest Ordinance, The Constitution

• Northwest Ordinance, Declaration of Independence, The Constitution

• The Constitution, Northwest Ordinance, Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Northwest Ordinance

What did the Northwest Ordinance say about slavery?

• Slavery was outlawed

• Slavery was never mentioned

• Only white males could own slaves

• Slaves were guaranteed the right to vote

What is an ordinance?

• The leader of a monarchy

• A rule, law or decree

• A democratic vote

• Another word for territory

Under what governing document was the Northwest Ordinance created?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Ohio State Constitution

• The United States Constitution

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 Land Ordinance of 1785 decided how land in the Northwest Territory would be ____________

• sold
• measured and divided
• given to the Indians
• given back to the British

One of the biggest problems facing the US after the Revolution was...

• George Washington's retirement

• The huge amount of debt the country had

• The British dragging their feet to sign the Treaty of Paris

• The number of people still loyal to the king

Why were farmers in Massachusetts so upset in 1786 and 1787?

• The US was getting ready to go to war with France and they'd have to be soldiers again

• The national government kept raising taxes on farmers to pay off the war debt

• They were losing their farms because they could not afford the taxes on them

• No one would buy their crops because they were over priced

In the fall of 1787, because of Shays' Rebellion, what did government leaders do?

• They decided Massachusetts couldn't be a state anymore

• They allowed all the states to become independent countries

• They met in Philadelphia to fix the Articles of Confederation

• They switched to a French model of government