History of the United States I / Unit 7 USH1 0921 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Northwest Ordinance
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The idea
The Northwest Ordinance of seventeen eighty-seven created the Northwest Territory and prohibited slavery north of the Ohio River.
In practice
A territory becoming eligible for its own legislature at five thousand free adult settlers and for statehood at sixty thousand.
Where people slip
Land was set aside for schools and civic purposes. This prohibition is what northern delegates accepted the three-fifths deal against.
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