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What set the standard for how territories could form state governments and apply for statehood?
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the northwest ordinance
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∙ 10y agoNorthwest Ordinance 1787
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What set the standard for high territories could form state governments and apply for statehood?
Northwest Ordinance 1787
What set the standard for how territories could form state government and apply for statehood?
Northwest Ordinance 1787
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the union as a state permitted slavery.
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