Which of the following is a true statement about the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
A) It remained silent on the issue of slavery, thus encouraging the slave trade in the territories.
B) It stipulated that a territory could elect a legislature when its male population reached 1,000.
C) It allowed a territory to enter the Union as a state once its total population reached 60,000.
D) It respected the rights of the native inhabitants of the land, protecting them from white settlers.
E) It failed to incorporate a bill of rights, thus giving the Crown extensive power over the colonies.
C
You might also like to view...
Why was the Sugar Act of 1764 a major shift in British colonial policy? How did the colonists respond to the act? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Merchants in Mecca were hostile to Muhammad because they thought
What will be an ideal response?
Ibn Battuta visited Mali in the fourteenth century, but thought what group acted immodestly according to the standards of Islam?
a. the royal family b. slaves c. warriors d. women e. scholars
How were working conditions largely determined?
A. by what was best to make machines run smoothly B. by systems of labor laws C. by collective bargaining D. by the capacity of workers to operate under certain safety precautions