The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is significant for all of the following reasons except
A) It stipulated that a territory could elect a legislature when its male population reached 5,000.
B) It contained a bill of rights.
C) It left to each new state the decision of whether to allow slavery.
D) It created boundaries for the territories.
E) It allowed territories to enter the Union as states once their total population reached 60,000.

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory, rather than leaving the decision to each new state.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Is Significant for All of the Following