What were the terms of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
What will be an ideal response?
It formed states, states gained right to self government, slavery was outlawed, freedom of religion was allowed, trial by jury was granted.
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Catherine the Great of Russia __________.
A. replaced the nobles with loyal government bureaucrats B. abandoned the ideals of absolutism C. built a strong alliance with the nobility D. made an alliance with Poland
The spinning mule, invented in 1779:
a. Depended on the preparatory work of an increased number of handicraftsmen. b. Combined the spinning and weaving of textiles into one machine. c. Improved the threshing of grain, by harnessing the power of mules in a cycle. d. Led to the full-scale machine production of textiles.
President Nixon's chief foreign policy adviser, throughout his administration, was
a. Henry Kissinger. b. William Rogers. c. Spiro Agnew. d. Gerald Ford. e. Donald Rumsfeld.
"These lands are ours. No one has a right to remove us, because we were the first owners. The Great Spirit has appointed this place for us, on which to light our fires, and here we will remain. As to boundaries, the Great Spirit knows no boundaries, nor will his red children acknowledge any." —Tecumseh, 1810 To what specific territory was Tecumseh referring when he spoke of "these lands"?
a. the lands along the East Coast where American settlers and Native Americans first met b. the lands that Americans considered to be within the boundaries of the Northwest Territory c. New Jersey d. all the lands of the earth