The Land Ordinance of 1785 Provided for All of the Following

question 70

Multiple Choice

The Land Ordinance of 1785 provided for all of the following except

• A) money from land sales should be used to pay off the national debt.
• B) land in the Northwest should be surveyed before its sale.
• C) the territory should be divided into townships six miles square.
• D) the sixteenth section should be sold to support education.
• E) slavery would be prohibited in the Northwest territories.

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