10 points 3. What was the significance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 for
African Americans?
A) It had almost no effect, because huge numbers of slaves continued to live under
slavery until the Civil War.
B) The ordinance set a legal and geographical precedent for limiting where slavery
could and could not exist.
C) It demonstrated that the Articles of Confederation government had significant
amounts of power in many areas.
D) It banned the slave trade, but not slavery, from the territory.

france,russia and prussia had absolute monarchy and it meant:

when louis xiv inherited the throne, he was able to serve as his chief minister.louis xiv ruled as an absolute monarch.

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when we think of a­ncient paga­n kings, the ideas of justice and fairness probably aren't the first things to come to mind. we moderns may be more likely to imagine fickle, power-hungry despots who were ready to put someone to death on a whim. but king hammurabi, who ruled a prosperous and thriving babyloniaalmost four millennia ago, doesn't quite fit that mold. he claimed to have protect the weak from oppression, and scholars believe he fostered an atmosphere of justice and righteousness for his people.

this belief is based on an object that was discovered only a century ago. it has already earned a place alongside the rosetta stone as one of the most important artifacts of the ancient world. this stela (stone pillar) bears the inscription of the code of hammurabi, and it has shed light on the laws, culture and life in babylonia.

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