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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 secured the Northwest Territory for the United States. This legislation established a framework for governing the territory, which included present-day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. It provided for the orderly expansion of the U.S. by outlining processes for admitting new states and ensuring rights for settlers, while also prohibiting slavery in the territory.
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What geographic features of the Northwest Territory made it valuable to the US?
The Great Lakes made the Northwest Territory so valuable.
Which was the first US state to be created from the Northwest Territory?
Ohio
How did the US set up the northwest territory?
Ceded territories
What impact did the Northwest Ordinance have?
It encouraged schools to be built in the Northwest Territory.
What did the northwest ordinance differ from the constitution on the issue of slavery?
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.
What was the first territory owned by the us?
Northwest Territory
How did the US obtain the Northwest Territory?
Northwest Territories is in Canada
The old Northwest was divided into what?
The Northwest territory was divided into uniform townships and sections. The Northwest territory lasted from 1787 to 1803 when it was then admitted into the US.
What geographic features of the Northwest Territory made it valuable to the US?
The Great Lakes made the Northwest Territory so valuable.
How did events in the northwest territory affect US relationships with Great Britain?
How did events in the Northwest territory affect U.S. relations with Britain?
Which five areas in Canada do not share any of their border with US?
Yukon Territory, Northwest Territory, Nunavut, Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island.
How did the US set up the northwest territory?
Ceded territories
Which was the first US state to be created from the Northwest Territory?
Ohio
What impact did the Northwest Ordinance have?
It encouraged schools to be built in the Northwest Territory.
When was the northwest territory eligible for statehood?
When the population of a territory reached 60,000, the people could petition for statehood. ANS 2 -Northwest Territories is CANADIAN, they are not and never will be states !
What documents was the first to ban slavery in a state or territory of the US?
northwest ordinance
Was the first to ban slavery in a state or territory of the US?
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
