USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Once a population of 60, 000 was reached, that portion of the territory could apply for statehood on an equal basis with the original states. Inhabitants of the new state could write their own constitution that had to have a republican form of government.

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: -Under the ordinance, slavery was forever outlawed from the lands of the Northwest Territory, freedom of religion and other civil liberties were guaranteed, the resident Indians were promised decent treatment, and education was provided for.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was demonstrably clear that the states carved from the Northwest Territory would not be slave states. That the 1787 ordinance prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude was not as controversial as it might appear in the context of American history.

Detailed explanation-5: -When 60, 000 settlers resided in a territory, they could draft a constitution and petition for full statehood. The ordinance provided for civil liberties and public education within the new territories, but did not allow slavery.