USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

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: -On July 13, 1787, Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance-an act that established a framework for governing the Northwest Territory, admitting new states, and protecting the civil liberties of settlers. It also banned slavery in the new territories.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.