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Geography Retest
Social Studies Geography retest.
Term | Definition |
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Land Ordinance | Set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands. |
Three-Fifths Compromise | Under this agreement only three-fifths of a state’s slave population would count when determining representation. |
Problems with Spain | Spanish officials closed the lower Mississippi river to U.S. shipping |
Problems with Britain | Britain closed many of its ports to American Ships Britain forced American merchants to pay high tariffs. |
Northwest Ordinance | The ordinance established the Northwest Territory. Created a system for bringing new states into the union. |
Great Compromise | The compromise also had two representatives in senate in every state regardless of size. In the house of representatives, the number of representatives for each state would be determined by the states population. |