The Northwest Ordinance: Constitutional Politics and the Theft of Native Land

by Robert Alexander

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Passed by Congress in July 1787, the Northwest Ordinance laid out the basic form of government for all U.S. territory north of the Ohio River. That summer, the Constitutional Convention drafted the defining document of the American Republic as a whole. A bargain struck between Congress and the Convention outlawed slavery north of the Ohio, but gave Southern states a Congressional and Electoral College representation based on population figures...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1476665192

ISBN13:9781476665191

Release Date:May 2017

Publisher:McFarland & Company

Length:228 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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