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Ohio Government Matching Game
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Benchmark
•Identify the responsibilities of the US government
and explain why they are necessary
• Explain the importance of the North West Ordinance
Grade Level Indicator
•Explain the 3 branches of Government
•Legislative-headed by General Assembly make laws
•Executive Branch-headed by governor carries out
and enforces laws made by the General Assembly
•Judicial Branch-headed by the Ohio Supreme
Court, interprets and applies the laws
•Identify the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 as a
primary document
•Compare the NWO and the Bill of Rights
•Identify the NWO as an important document
which established Ohio as a state
•Identify the 3 branches of government and explain
their responsibilities
• Name the current Ohio governor
Assessment Lesson 4
• List 1 provision of the North West Ordinance
• List the 3 branches of government
• List the job of each branch of the government
Northwest Territory
establish
Leader
election
judicial
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Northwest Territory
The area covered more than 260,000 square miles
Rufus Putnam
(1738-1824)
Revolutionary War
soldier & founder of
Marietta, where he
established
oversaw land office
of the Ohio
Company
The Father of Ohio
Member of the U.S.
House of
Representatives
from Massachusetts's
3rd & 11th district
Manasseh Cutler 1742-1823
The Ordinance of
1787 and
as an agent in its
formation
The Ohio Company
Boundaries as they appeared when the state was formed
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An Ordinance for the
Government of the
Territory by the
United States,
North-West of the River
Ohio
Three Principal Provisions
(1) A division of the Northwest Territory into "not less than
three nor more than five States"
(2) A three-stage method for admitting a new state to the
Union— a congressionally appointed governor, secretary,
three judges to rule in the first phase; an elected
assembly, one nonvoting delegate to Congress to be
elected in the second phase, when the population of the
territory reached "five thousand free male inhabitants of
full age"; and a state constitution to be drafted &
membership to the Union to be requested in the third
phase when the population reached 60,000
(3) A bill of rights protecting religious freedom, the right to a
writ of habeas corpus, the benefit of trial by jury, and other
individual rights. In addition the ordinance encouraged
education and forbade slavery.
Northwest Territory
Northwest Territory Seal
Wooden Nickel from the 150th Celebration of the
Northwest Territory
Northwest Territory Conflict
1790-1795
Ohio Government
Executive Branch
Carries out Laws
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Auditor of the State
Secretary of State
State Agencies
Legislative Branch
Makes Laws
Ohio General Assembly
The Ohio Senate
The Ohio Hose of
Representatives
Judicial Branch
Interprets Laws
Supreme Court of Ohio
Courts of Common Pleas
District Courts of Appeal
Assessment Lesson 4
• List 1 provision of the North West Ordinance
• List the 3 branches of government
• List the job of each branch of the government
Answer Key
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Northwest Ordinance no slave states-owned
land=voting
• 3 branches are the Executive, Legislative and
Judicial
• Executive enforces the laws-Judicial interprets the
laws-Legislative makes the laws