History Mystery worksheet & final exam

Try your hand at answering these exercises. Most if not all of the answers were discussed and discovered on location during our October 26-27 getaway.

1. What are the four boundaries of the Northwest Territory?

2. What military engagement of 1795 saw the U.S. finally defeat the Indians and allow more settlers into the Northwest Territory?

3. How many states were to be carved out of the Northwest Territory?

4. What famous American drew up the “Ordinance of 1784” calling for 10 states north of the Ohio River? This “Ordinance of 1784” never took effect.

5. What was the basic division of the land in the “Land Ordinance of 1785” called? Such a “6 mile square” was formed by lines running due north and south and beginning at the western boundary of Pennsylvania.

6. What is the term for a north-south row of townships called?

7. What do you call an illegal settler in the Northwest Territory? The term embraces every human type from the honest and industrious to the thieving and shiftless.

8. What do we call the only unit completed under the first government survey? This unit was found in eastern Ohio.

9. 1/7 of the surveyed unit of land in eastern Ohio was to be used to compensate veterans of Continental regiments of the Revolutionary War. The remaining land (6/7) was to be sold at auction in New York City. What was the minimum price per acre in specie or loan-office certificates?

10-11. Name two of the three men who are usually credited with framing sections of the “Northwest Ordinance of 1787”.

12. When the total population of an area in the Northwest Territory reached a certain, fixed number, that territory could officially apply for admission into the United States on terms of full equality with the older states. What was this number?

13. On March 1, 1786, eleven persons met in Boston and established the Ohio Company of Associates to buy land and settle within the Northwest Territory. Where did they meet in Boston?

14. He was Yale-educated, interested in law, the ministry, and the natural sciences. He had served as a Revolutionary War chaplain. He was the main advocate (called a lobbyist today) for the Ohio Company and sought to purchase acreage for them. Who was this most remarkable man?

15. Name the fort on the west bank of the Muskingum River where it empties into the Ohio. Major John Doughty established this fort to stop “illegals” from crossing the river to settle. Name the fort.

16. What is the oldest town in Ohio?

17. How many men, representing the advance party of the Ohio Company, landed at the mouth of the Muskingum River on April 7, 1788, to establish Ohio’s oldest town?

18. For what individual was the village of Marietta, Ohio, named?

19. Why did this group of republican-minded Americans name their village after this person?

20. Define “Campus Martius” in 1788.

21. What was the first county to be formed in what is now Ohio (July 26, 1788)?

22. Who was the leader of 288 Revolutionary War officers who signed the “Newburgh Petition” in 1783? This “Petition” outlined a plan for settling the Ohio Country with Revolutionary veterans. He led the advance party to Marietta and helped lay out the village of Marietta.

23. Whose home is included in the Campus Martius Museum at Marietta, Ohio?

24. Define the Via Sacra at Marietta.

25. It was suggested in 1802 that an institution of higher learning be established in Ohio Country. The name “American Western University” evolved into what?

26. What famous American helped deprive Aaron Burr of the United States Presidency through his influence throughout the 36 ballots in the House of Representatives to solve the tie in the Election of 1800?

27. What real estate was Aaron Burr and his recruited army seeking to detach and make part of his personal empire?

28. Where exactly is Blennerhassett Island located?

29. What was strange about the marriage of Harman and Margaret Blennerhassett?

30. On whose tombstone is the following line? “Strangers, pass not by without dropping a tear.”

31. What happened to the white porticoed mansion sitting on the 550-acre Blennerhassett Island in 1811?

32. What is the origin of the term “Underground Railroad?”

33. What was your favorite part of the Travel Professor's History Mystery trip?

Extra Credit: Purely Voluntary!
Below is an extra credit question dealing with the study content of this field trip. Using your knowledge or luck, you may gain “bonus points past 99” if you can answer my question correctly. Should you guess and be in error, you will not be penalized.

What part of Ohio’s tradition and heritage was Colonel Ebenezer Sproat responsible for on September 2, 1788, in Marietta, Ohio, at the first session of court ever held in the Northwest Territory?

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