Question

What was the main aim of the northwest ordinance of 1787

Answer 1

to pay off the national debt to empower Congress to auction surplus land to stipulate how new states would be created to gradually end the slave trade in the Old Northwest

Answer 2

Northwest Ordinance: The Northwest Ordinance was adopted during July 13, 1787. This ordinance laid the base for the government of the Northwest Territory and to unite the parts of the states into the union.

The Confederation Congress,  

Established a government for the Northwest Territory

Formulated a technique for the admission of new states to the Union from the territory

A bill of rights that was guaranteed in the territory was listed.

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