Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance may have been
the most important achievement of the Articles Period
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Question 0101007:
Which of the following is a feature of the 1787 Northwest Ordinance?
A) slavery was forbidden in the
territory north of the Ohio River
B) all state debts were to be assumed by Congress
C) a section of land was to be set aside for education
D) land was to be divided into townships, six miles on a side
E) it authorized the seizure of Indian land by federal land agents without compensation
B) all state debts were to be assumed by Congress
C) a section of land was to be set aside for education
D) land was to be divided into townships, six miles on a side
E) it authorized the seizure of Indian land by federal land agents without compensation