History test 22 questions question number five, which of the following statements was a law established by the northwest ordinance with the answer be the educational system would be paid for by the central government. New states would be considered inferior to establish states for the first 20 years or anyone who escaped slavery would be guaranteed freedom or only territories with a population of at least 60,000 could apply for state hood.

Answer 1

The statement that is a law established by the Northwest Ordinance is: only territories with a population of at least 60,000 could apply for statehood.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established a framework for governing the Northwest Territory and included provisions for the admission of new states to the Union, specifying that a territory needed to reach a population of at least 60,000 residents to qualify for statehood.