JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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It provided a review process for laws in new territories and states
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It provided policies for acquiring territory from American Indian tribes
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It provided procedures for establishing territories and creating states
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It provided the president with the power to sign treaties with foreign powers to buy additional territory
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Northwest Ordinance, also known as the Ordinance of 1787, constituted a government for the Northwest Territory, defined the procedure for admitting a new state to the Union, and promised that newly formed states would be equal to the thirteen original states.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Northwest Ordinance chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Also known as the Ordinance of 1787, the Northwest Ordinance established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Northwest Ordinance contributed to sectionalism primarily because it prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory. This meant that the states that derived from the Northwest Territory (Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin) were admitted to the Union as free states.
Detailed explanation-5: -One purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was to establish procedures for admitting new states. By establishing a republic, Americans agreed that their laws would be made by a governor. The Northwest Ordinance guaranteed basic freedoms.