Geography
This large body of water is north of the Northwest Territory and helped define its borders.
Great Lakes
Which year did Congress pass the Northwest Ordinance?
1787
The ordinance encouraged the building of these places to help people learn.
Schools
After the Treaty of Paris in 1783, who gave the Northwest Territory to the United States?
Great Britain
Name one state that was formed from the Northwest Territory.
Ohio (or Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, part of Minnesota)
In Step 1 of the plan for statehood, Congress appointed leaders for the territory. Name one of the three types of leaders they appointed.
Governor, secretary, or three judges
The Northwest Ordinance banned this practice in the Northwest Territory.
Slavery
Some Native American groups fought settlers because they disagreed about what.
Land
The Northwest Territory was east of which major river?
Mississippi River
How many free adult males had to live in a territory before residents could elect their own leaders?
5,000 free adult males
Name one legal right the ordinance guaranteed to people living in the territory.
Trial by jury (or property rights, freedom of religion)
Which country continued to supply weapons to American Indians from its military outposts in Canada?
Great Britain
On a map, label the state that became the 17th state in 1803 after following the Northwest Ordinance rules.
Ohio
What population number allowed a territory to hold a constitutional convention and apply for statehood?
60,000 free people
The ordinance said "religion, morality, and knowledge" are necessary to good government. Which democratic ideal does this statement support: freedom, education, or trade?
Education
Name the 1813 naval battle that stopped the British from supplying weapons to American Indians in the Northwest Territory.
The Battle of Lake Erie
Explain where the Northwest Territory was located using three geographic markers.
It was south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.
Put these events in chronological order: Congress passes the Northwest Ordinance; The American Revolution ends; A territory is able to apply for statehood; Great Britain gives the Northwest Territory to the United States; Residents elect their own leaders.
Explain in one or two sentences how banning slavery in the Northwest Territory supports the democratic ideal of equality.
Banning slavery supports equality because it prevented people from being treated as property and said everyone in the territory should have freedom and equal rights.
Describe two effects of the Treaty of Greenville mentioned or implied in the text.
The Treaty of Greenville led to some American Indian lands being given to the United States and the U.S. paid money to Native Americans; it also reduced some fighting in the region.