MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, if a person were convicted of a crime, it would be possible for that person to be sentenced to become:
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an indentured servant
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an exile
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the President of the United States
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a representative of his or her district in Congress
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Considered one of the most important legislative acts of the Confederation Congress, the Northwest Ordinance also protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.
Detailed explanation-3: -Provisions of the Northwest Ordinance presaged several provisions of the Constitution and the First Amendment and announced a prohibition of slavery in the states to be formed out of the territories.
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