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The Northwest Ordinance outlawed slavery in the territory. However the ordinance did allow for indentured servants to be held in the territory. The US Constitution did not prohibit slavery at that time.
The Northwest ordinance was an agreement that in the territories to the Northwest would not have any slavery. The Mason Dixon line was also created, it was a line that separated the North from the South just above Maryland. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 claimed that new slaves could not be in the territory above this line.
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The following are features of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 governed the territory of what are now the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, as in all territory ordinances, was written in line with what was at that time federal law. It allowed indentured servitude, except it prohibited slavery in the territory. It established guidelines for admitting new states, and it encouraged public education. Many of these ordinances were developed into the constitution when the territory became a state .
The Northwest Ordinance opened up the Northwest Territory It set statehood requirements for territories.
The Northwest Ordinance outlawed slavery in the territory. However the ordinance did allow for indentured servants to be held in the territory. The US Constitution did not prohibit slavery at that time.
The Northwest Ordinance was the legislation that officially established the Northwest Territory.
Slavery is illegal in the modern age in all countries and territories.
Congress approves a territory's proposed constitution before it becomes a state.
False: Land Ordinance of 1785 described how the western territories was to be governed.
The Northwest ordinance was an agreement that in the territories to the Northwest would not have any slavery. The Mason Dixon line was also created, it was a line that separated the North from the South just above Maryland. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 claimed that new slaves could not be in the territory above this line.
Yes, the northwest ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery in the northwest territory.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 said that territories could become a state once they had reached a population of 60,000 people. The first state created from this ordinance was Ohio, in 1803.
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