For which two of the following reasons is the northwest ordinance of 1787 considered to be a positive outcome of the articles of confederation?

a. it allowed women to vote in the western territories.
b. it prohibited congress from raising revenue by taxation.
c. it granted the larger states authority to use the western lands.
d. it organized land into districts, territories, and states.
e. it guaranteed religious freedom and a trial by jury in the western territory