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? What was the main aim of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? to pay off the national debt to empower Congress to auction surplus land to stipulate how new states would be created to gradually end the slave trade in the Old Northwest



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lrathburn
The main aim of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was to stipulate how new states would be created.
saadhussain514

Answer: To stipulate how new states would be created.

Explanation: Northwest Ordinance was an ordinance made by government for the territories of United States which existed in north west part of USA. This Ordinance had two major aims, the primary aim of this Ordinance was to find out best way for the creation of future states in the region and the secondary am included abolishing slavery and guaranteeing some fundamental rights which eventually became a part of bill of rights in the later years.