One of the Most Path-Breaking Step of the Northwest Ordinance

question 14

Multiple Choice

One of the most path-breaking step of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• A) set aside a section of each township for education.
• B) abolished slavery in all of the United States.
• C) prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest.
• D) used the revenue from land sales for defense of the West.
• E) established "land grant" universities in each of the Great Lakes states.

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