Question

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 specified which of the following?

• A. The federal government would sell land in the Northwest Territory on credit.
• B. The Northwest Territory was divided into townships and lots that were sold to the public.
• C. Any precious metals discovered in the Northwest Territory were the property of the federal government.
• D. Only Native Americans were entitled to live in the Northwest Territory.
• E. When a section of the Northwest Territory had a large enough population, it could draft a constitution and apply for statehood.

Answer 1

The correct option is E When a section of the Northwest Territory had a large enough population, it could draft a constitution and apply for statehood.

The Northwest Ordinance, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress, 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.