Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - United States History
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- Q1"Art. 6. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States ... may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid." The excerpt is from the Northwest Ordinance. In what year was it passed?1787185018651820120s
- Q2"That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States ... may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid." This part of the excerpt would support what law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850?abolitionFugitive Slave ActPopular Sovereignty36 30120s
- Q3What law, also passed by the Confederal Congress, provided a mechanism for the funding of public education?Land Ordinance of 1785Education Act of 1785Judiciary Act of 1789Confederation Act of 1786120s