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What was the main aim of the northwest ordinance of 1787?

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The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio, and also known as the Freedom Ordinance or The Ordinance of 1787) was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States (the Confederation Congress), passed July 13, 1787
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Answer choices are:

A. To pay off the national debt

B. To empower Congress to auction surplus land

C. To stipulate how new states would be created

D. To gradually end the slave trade in the Old Northwest

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Answer: To stipulate how new states would be created.

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Explanation:

Northwest Ordinance was an ordinance made by government for the territories of United States which existed in north west part of USA. This Ordinance had two major aims, the primary aim of this Ordinance was to find out best way for the creation of future states in the region and the secondary am included abolishing slavery and guaranteeing some fundamental rights which eventually became a part of bill of rights in the later years.

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