NW ordinance of 1787
The major source of conflict over granting statehood was the slavery question-- would slavery be allowed in the new state?
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was the important measure passed down by the Articles of Confederation that addressed slavery and established a process for statehood. It prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory and outlined a process for admitting new states to the Union.
Generally speaking, Northerners and Northern politicians believed that slavery should not be allowed to expand to new territories or new states. Part of their argument was negated in 1857 by a ruling by the US Supreme Court which said slavery was constitutional.
The Republican Party and the Quakers were the leading opponents of expanding slavery into the new territories.
No - there was no slavery in the new territories - California or New Mexico or Utah. Texas was a slave state already.
The major source of conflict over granting statehood was the slavery question-- would slavery be allowed in the new state?
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which had two distinct prohibitions: there could be no slavery within the boundaries of the territory, and no law that would impair a contract could be enacted. The importance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was that it provided the foundation for the creation of later territories within the Union and established the process by which territories became states.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which had two distinct prohibitions: there could be no slavery within the boundaries of the territory, and no law that would impair a contract could be enacted. The importance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was that it provided the foundation for the creation of later territories within the Union and established the process by which territories became states.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which had two distinct prohibitions: there could be no slavery within the boundaries of the territory, and no law that would impair a contract could be enacted. The importance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was that it provided the foundation for the creation of later territories within the Union and established the process by which territories became states.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was the important measure passed down by the Articles of Confederation that addressed slavery and established a process for statehood. It prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory and outlined a process for admitting new states to the Union.
The voting public in each territory that came up for statehood.
Virginia was prohibited slavery in its construction before achieving statehood.
The main purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was to give voters in each of the two territories the right to vote on whether slavery would be allowed before the territories applied for statehood.
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The issue of slavery in the territory ceded by Mexico was decided by the Compromise of 1850, which allowed residents to determine whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. This meant that the territories of New Mexico and California could decide on the slavery issue for themselves when applying for statehood.