The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
A) provided for the survey and sale of public lands in the Old Northwest.
B) established a procedure for turning frontier territories into equal states.
C) banned slavery from all territories of the United States.
D) opened the way to American control of the Great Lakes.
E) carved the Northwest Territory into five future states.

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established a procedure for turning frontier territories into equal states, including a provision that once a territory had 60,000 residents, it could apply for statehood. This helped to promote westward expansion and territorial growth, and set a precedent for the incorporation of new states into the Union.