History: The Northwest Ordinance
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TRUE or FALSE:
Read each of the following statements about the Northwest Ordinance. Circle TRUE if the statement is true.
Circle FALSE if the statement is not true.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1878 …
TRUE FALSE
1. … was a law passed by the United States Congress.
TRUE FALSE
2. … said that settlers were allowed to move into the Northwest Territory.
TRUE FALSE
3. … told how new states would be formed from the Northwest Territory.
TRUE FALSE
4. … was so hard to use that the United States Congress had to pass a different plan
for new territories in 1803.
TRUE FALSE
5. … listed the names of each of the five states that were made out of the Northwest
Territory.
TRUE FALSE
6. … was the constitution of the Northwest Territory.
TRUE FALSE
7. … said that the United States Congress had the right to appoint a governor and
judges to run the Northwest Territory until settlers could elect their own leaders.
TRUE FALSE
8. … said that a settler had to be a free white male landowner to be able to vote.
TRUE FALSE
9. … said that slavery was against the law in the Northwest Territory.
TRUE FALSE
10. … that 10,000 free men of voting age had to live in a territory before they could
start electing their own leaders.
TRUE FALSE
11. … said that 60,000 voters had to live in a territory before it could become a state.
TRUE FALSE
12. … said that settlers would have to pay taxes to the United States.
TRUE FALSE
13. … said that a territory had to write a constitution that was acceptable to the U. S.
Congress before it could become a state.
TRUE FALSE
14. … said that all settlers in the Northwest Territory had to become members of the
same religious group – the Anglican Church.
TRUE FALSE
15. … said that escaped slaves from the South would be given their freedom as soon as
they reached the Northwest Territory.
TRUE FALSE
16. … said that, because every child needs an education to become a good citizen,
schools would be built and teachers hired by the taxpayers of each town and village.
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The Northwest Ordinance
History: T he Northw est Ordinanc e • Answ er Key
TRUE or FALSE:
Read each of the following statements about the Northwest Ordinance. Circle TRUE if the statement is true.
Circle FALSE if the statement is not true.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787…
TRUE FALSE
1. … was a law passed by the United States Congress.
TRUE FALSE
2. … said that settlers were allowed to move into the Northwest Territory.
TRUE FALSE
3. … told how new states would be formed from the Northwest Territory.
TRUE FALSE
4. … was so hard to use that the United States Congress had to pass a different plan for
new territories in 1803.
TRUE FALSE
5. … listed the names of each of the five states that were made out of the Northwest
Territory.
TRUE FALSE
6. … was the constitution of the Northwest Territory.
TRUE FALSE
7. … said that the United States Congress had the right to appoint a governor and
judges to run the Northwest Territory until settlers could elect their own leaders.
TRUE FALSE
8. … said that a settler had to be a free white male landowner to be able to vote. (Men
did not have to own land to vote. However, did have to own land to hold office.)
TRUE FALSE
9. … said that slavery was against the law in the Northwest Territory.
TRUE FALSE
10. … that 10,000 free men of voting age had to live in a territory before they could start
electing their own leaders.
TRUE FALSE
11. … said that 60,000 voters had to live in a territory before it could become a state.
(The residents had to be free but women and children also counted toward the
60,000)
TRUE FALSE
12. … said that settlers would have to pay taxes to the United States.
TRUE FALSE
13. … said that a territory had to write a constitution that was acceptable to the U. S.
Congress before it could become a state.
TRUE FALSE
14. … said that all settlers in the Northwest Territory had to become members of the
same religious group – the Anglican Church.
TRUE FALSE
15. … said that escaped slaves from the South would be given their freedom as soon as
they reached the Northwest Territory.
TRUE FALSE
16. … said that, because every child needs an education to become a good citizen,
schools would be built and teachers hired by the taxpayers of each town and village.
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The Northwest Ordinance