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AP U.S. History 2.2 Period 3: 1754-1789. Abolitionists would most likely have criticized the Northwest Ordinance over which of the following points?

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[ musical flourish ]

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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Ohio,

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or what you say when you greet someone in the Midwest.

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All right, give this excerpt a scan.

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[ mumbles ]

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[ mumbling continues ]

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And now this question:

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Abolitionists would most likely have

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criticized the Northwest Ordinance

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over which of the following points?

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All right, and here are your potential answers.

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[ horse neighs ]

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So what exactly is this question asking?

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We know that the abolitionists fought to end slavery in the United States,

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so there must have been something about

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the Northwest Ordinance, which created a bunch of

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new territories in the Northern U.S.,

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that set them off.

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So let's take a look at the answers

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and see what we've got.

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Were abolitionists upset because the Northwest Ordinance

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A - permitted slavery in the territories?

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Actually, the Northwest Ordinance

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forbade slavery and the slave trade in

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all of the new territories, making the Ohio River

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a kind of de facto boundary between

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slave states and free states.

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So that eliminates both A and B.

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Were abolitionists critical because the Northwest Ordinance

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D - prohibited slavery in the territories

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but sanctioned it in the South?

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Well, the Ordinance said nothing about slavery in the South,

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so we can nix this one, too.

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So they must have been upset because the Northwest Ordinance

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C - allowed slaveholders to reclaim

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runaway slaves in the territories.

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There's the catch.

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As part of the politicking to get the law

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passed, a fugitive slave clause was included in the bill,

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which permitted slaveholders to

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reclaim runaway slaves in these new territories.

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So C is the right answer, as in "compromise"

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or "catastrophe."

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[ water splashes ]

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