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Northwest Ordinance
NW Ordinance II/Articles
Articles of Confederation
Reconstruction EOC
100
The formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
A law passed in 1787 to regulate the settlement of the Northwest Territory, which eventually was divided into several states of the Middle West. The United States was governed under the Articles of Confederation at the time.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
100
The structure of government that was required by all states in the NW Ordinance and is characterized by supreme power held by citizens, citizens entitled to vote, elections held for government officers and representatives, that is responsible to the citizens .
What is republican or a republic?
100
The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
Laws of segregation
What are Jim Crow Laws?
200
A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.
What is the Enlightenment?
200
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois
What is the Northwest Territory?
200
Under the Articles, taxes were collected by this body.
What is the State?
200
Branches of government missing in the Articles.
What are the executive and judicial branches?
200
The court case that made segregation legal in 1896.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
300
Individuals have consented, either explicitly or tacitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of the ruler or magistrate (or to the decision of a majority), in exchange for protection of their remaining rights
What is social contract theory?
300
Religious liberties, right to trial by jury, writ of habeas corpus, and other precursors to the Bill of Rights were guaranteed in the NW Ordinance and were considered this.
What are civil liberties?
300
Under the Articles, militaries were held by this body.
What is the state.
300
The amount of votes each state had under the Articles.
What is 1.
300
Two things that kept African Americans from voting despite the 15th Amendment.
What were poll taxes and literacy tests?
400
Rights that people supposedly have under natural law - Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
What are natural rights?
400
These were guaranteed in each township under the Northwest Ordinance.
What are schools?
400
This led to the need to hold a Constitutional Convention.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
400
The amount of votes need to pass legislation.
What is 9/13?
400
Group that brought increased violence to African Americans.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
500
The quartering of British troops, taxation without representation are examples of this from the DOI.
What are grievances against the King?
500
This was not permitted in the Northwest Ordinance.
What is slavery?
500
Branches of government under our current Constitution.
What are executive, legislative, and judicial?
500
The amount of votes needed for amending under the Articles.
What is 13/13?
500
Divided the south into five military districts and required states to ratify the 14th Amendment.
What is the Reconstruction Acts?