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title: "What was the Northwest Ordinance?"  
description: "What was the Northwest Ordinance?"  
author: "camila johnson"  
published: 2018-03-11  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39849/what-was-the-northwest-ordinance  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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#  What was the Northwest Ordinance?

What was the [Northwest Ordinance](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42903/how-did-the-northwest-ordinance-provide-for-the-country-s-expansion)?\
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