USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or false? The Northwest Ordinance encouraged free public education and guaranteed both religious freedom and trial by jury.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A bill of rights protecting religious freedom, the right to a writ of habeas corpus, the benefit of trial by jury, and other individual rights; in addition the ordinance encouraged education and forbade slavery.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ordinance promised religious toleration The third article announced that schools and means of education were to be encouraged, because religion, morality, and knowledge were necessary to “good government and the happiness of mankind.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following statements best describes how the Northwest Ordinance established a method for settlement? It provided a procedure whereby new states could become part of the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Northwest Ordinance encouraged free public education and guaranteed both religious freedom and trial by jury. Q. An area of land that is part of a country but not yet a state is called this term. Q.

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