Question

The Land Ordinance of 1785 provided for A) a ban on the importation of slaves into the Northwest Territory B) a survey of the Northwest Territory and its division into townships C) the procedure by which new states would be admitted to the Union D) protection of Indians by prohibiting white settlement west of the Appalachians

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

B) A survey of the Northwest Territory and its division into townships.

The Land Ordinance of 1785 established a standardized system for settlers to purchase titles to farmland in the west. The Ordinance also set up a survey system that ultimately spread over most of the United States. This ordinance was predecessor of the Homestead Act in 1862.