Respuesta :
The Northwest Ordinance stipulated the creation of at least three but not more than five states out of the Northwest Territory. Once sixty thousand people resided in a territory, they could apply for statehood.
Answer: A, agree to keep slavery permanently illegal.
Explanation:
the creation of the northwest ordinance ensured that the divide between slave and free states—the ohio river—was clear. western territories were prohibited from engaging in the slave trade if they wanted to gain statehood.