Question

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was passed by Congress under the

Articles of Confederation. What was its purpose?

Answer 1

C new states couldn’t have slavery

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Answer 2

The Northwest Ordinance, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Confederation Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory

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