For each item listed, identify whether it was a provision of the Land Ordinance of 1785 or the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.

History · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021

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1. Land Ordinance of 1785: - Provided a system for surveying and selling the western lands. - Divided land into townships of 36 square miles each, further subdivided into 36 sections of one square mile (640 acres). - Reserved a portion of each township for a public school. - Supported the methodical westward expansion of the United States by generating revenue through land sales.

2. Northwest Ordinance of 1787: - Established a form of government for the Northwest Territory, which included areas that would later become Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. - Created a path for territories to become states with equal status to the original thirteen. - Guaranteed certain rights to the inhabitants, including religious liberty and due process. - Prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory. - Highlighted the treatment of American Indians and the relationships with them, aiming for fairness, although this ideal was not always upheld in practice.