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Q: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is significant because it

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    gave free land to all settlers.
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    included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states.
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    guaranteed universal suffrage.
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    balanced the number of free and slave states in the Union.
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Answer : 2. "included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states."
Explanation :

Answer: B) included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states. Explanation: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was significant because it was the second continental congress that charted a government for territory in Northwest America. It also helped forbid slavery, and made a method of admitting new states near the Union.

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