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title: "What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?"  
description: "What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-05-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42933/what-was-the-purpose-of-the-northwest-ordinance-of-1787  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

What was the [purpose](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51345/what-was-the-purpose-of-grandfather-clauses) of the [Northwest Ordinance](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42903/how-did-the-northwest-ordinance-provide-for-the-country-s-expansion) of 1787?


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