Question

An important legacy of the Northwest Ordinance was that it banned the expansion of this north of the Ohio River in the new territories.

slavery


Indian warfare


French colonization


mining

Answer 1

a. it banned slavery

Answer 2

The correct answer is A). Slavery.

Enacted on July 13, 1787, The Ordinance was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the U. S. that created the first organized region of the U. S.: the Northwest Territory. The ordinance prohibited slavery and included a fugitive slave clause although there was a servant agreement law that permitted anti-abolitionist to have slaves but could not be bought or sold.

The prohibition of slavery in this region helped to establish the Ohio River as the boundary between abolitionist and anti-abolitionist territories, between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.