13 jul 1787 año - Northwest Ordinace
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Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania) and established conditions for statehood. Becomes relevant in time leading up to the Civil War because it banned slavery north and west of the Ohio River. The Ohio River became a kind of line between free and slave states as well. New borders drawn along it.
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13 jul 1787 año
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