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title: "According to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, a portion of land sales went to pay for what service?"  
description: "According to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, a portion of land sales went to pay for what service?"  
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published: 2018-04-24  
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# According to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, a portion of land sales went to pay for what service? 

According to the [Northwest Ordinance](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42903/how-did-the-northwest-ordinance-provide-for-the-country-s-expansion) of 1787, a portion of land [sales](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/300275/how-to-build-an-effective-sales-strategy) went to pay for what [service](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33514/by-default-when-a-service-declared-in-the-androidmanifest-in-which-thread-will-it-run)? \
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