Question

2. The Ordinance of 1787 (Northwest Ordinance) organized the

Old Northwest into the Northwest Territory and provided a plan for its
government as follows:
a. Congress would provide a temporary government by appoint-
ing a governor and three judges to administer the territory.
b. When the territory had 5,000 adult male settlers, a represent-
ative legislature was to be established.
c. When a part of the territory attained a population of 60,000,
it would be eligible for admission into the Union as a state equal to the
original states "in all respects whatever."

Answer 1

b) When the territory had 5,000 adult male settlers, a represent-

Step-by-step explanation:

The ordinance established a division of the Northwest Territory into not less than three and nor more than five States, and that each state was to be governed by a governor, secretary, and three judges appointed by Congress until it attained a population of 5,000 adult free males, at which time it would become a territory and could form its own representative legislature.