TEKS Social Studies Grade 8 - 8.6.A: Explain How The Northwest Ordinance Established Principles/Procedures For Orderly Expansion Of The U.S.
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- Q1The Northwest Ordinance is considered a historical milestone because it —established a method for admitting new states to the Unionproposed treaties with American Indians to allow the peaceful settlement of new territoriesmore than doubled the size of the United Statesencouraged state legislatures to ratify the Constitution60s8.6.A: Social Studies - History
- Q2How did the provisions of the Northwest Ordinance affect U.S. expansion?By funding a transportation network in uninhabited regionsBy establishing a process for territories to govern themselvesBy promoting the growth of southern plantation economiesBy creating a national bank to loan money to land investors60s8.6.A: Social Studies - History
- Q3After the end of the Revolutionary War, states were eager to expand into newly available territory. The states of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia argued over competing claims to land west of the Appalachian Mountains. This conflict was addressed by the —Kansas-Nebraska ActNorthwest OrdinanceWilmot ProvisoMissouri Compromise60s8.6.A: Social Studies - History
- Q4The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the United States by instituting a —procedure for military takeovers of existing countriescompromise line that prohibited slavery in the Westmethod to purchase territory from foreign powersprocess through which states could be added to the Union60s8.6.A: Social Studies - History