Author Question: Thomas Jefferson's Government of the Western Territory was an attempt to create a: A) republican ... (Read 107 times)

PhilipSeeMore · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

A) Slavery was prohibited.
B) New states would have equal footing with the original ones.
C) Western territories were granted immediate self-government.
D) Free white males were guaranteed citizenship.

Question 2

Had Jefferson's original Government for the Western Territory plan been followed:

A) land would have been given away to settlers.
B) Virginia would have controlled a vast colony in the west.
C) slavery would have been made legal in the west.
D) Indians would have been made citizens and retained their lands.

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson's Government of the Western Territory was an attempt to create a:

A) republican policy for western expansion.
B) haven for freed slaves.
C) haven for Indians who had been American allies.
D) series of forts and defenses against the British and Spanish.