How Could a Territory Become a State According to the Northwest

question 25

Multiple Choice

How could a territory become a state according to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• A) First a territory had to raise enough money to buy their land from the European country that owned it, then the people could petition for statehood.
• B) Once the people of the territory had successfully subdued the Native American population, they could become a state.
• C) Territories had to elect officials and then write Articles of Confederation in order to become a full-fledged state.
• D) Once population reached 60,000, residents could write a constitution and petition for statehood.
• E) After a period of eighteen years, territories could petition the federal government for permission to become a state.

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The habit of scouting for, construing, preferring, and recalling insights in a manner that upholds one's antecedent beliefs or guesses.

Stereotype

Overgeneralized and oversimplified beliefs about a group of people based on their membership in that group.

Confirmation Bias

The propensity to explore, interpret, select, and revive information in ways that strengthen one's existing convictions or hypotheses.

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