On the Question of What to Do with the New

question 9

Multiple Choice

On the question of what to do with the new land acquired after the American Revolutionary War,the New England states agreed to __________.

• A) let the southern states keep their western territories
• B) let the northern states keep their western territories
• C) make the abolition of slavery a condition for statehood
• D) allow slavery to spread into the Northwest territory

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