Which of the following was a promise of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

a) The West would be considered a colonial possession of the United States.

b) Slavery would be banned north of the Ohio River.

c) Native Americans would be forced to move farther west, all the way to the

Pacific coast.

d) The population of a territory would never affect whether it was to become a

state.

Territories must first adopt the national Constitution rather than write their

own.