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Q:
A) gave free land to all settlers. | B) included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states. |
C) guaranteed universal suffrage. | D) balanced the number of free and slave states in the Union. |
Answer: B) included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states.
Explanation:
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.