National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: America, 1789 1820: The Northwest Ordinance, 1787

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards historical documents, literary texts, and works of art thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Living the Revolution: America, 1789-1820: The Northwest Ordinance, 1787. The Northwest Ordinance addressed the problem of unifying the new republic. It set forth the means to create new states west of the Appalachians and eventually admit them into the Union. It placed new territories under its dominion on an equal footing with the original states and guaranteed equal citizenship to settlers in those regions.