MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Question
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True or False:According to the Northwest Ordinance, the first step to becoming a state was to write a Constitution?
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TRUE
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FALSE
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Northwest Ordinance chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Northwest Ordinance established three stages for territorial government. In the first stage, Congress would appoint a governor, secretary, and three judges to make laws for a territory. Once a territory had 5, 000 male settlers, it entered the sec-ond stage. They could elect a legislative assembly.
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