This is true.
the northwest ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance opened up the Northwest Territory It set statehood requirements for territories.
northwest ordinance of 1787
the northwest ordinance
The Land Ordinance of 1785
The Northwest Ordinance was an act that went into effect in 1785 that dealt with governing the western territories. Congress created a committee in 1783 to deal with the western territories and the Northwest Ordinance was born out of this.
they outlawed slavery
Northwest ordinance
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The Ordinance prohibited slavery North of the Ohio River.
Northwest ordinance of 1787
The Northwest Ordinance