MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Question
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What did the Northwest Ordinance forbid (not allow) to occur in the Northwest Territory?
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gambling
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slave owning
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war
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squatting
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The prohibition of slavery in the territory, combined with ratification of the Constitution, effectively set up the conditions to suppress conflict over western expansion and the place of slavery in the territories until Missouri, the first state carved out of the Louisiana Purchase, applied for statehood.
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