Which was not an achievement of the northwest ordinance?   a. it provided a way for territories to organize and enter the union as states.   b. it encouraged education and provided a way for public schools to be supported.   c. it prohibited slavery in the northwest territory.   d. it encouraged explorers to find a northwest passage to the pacific

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.  

the answer is that the political parties encourage people to caste vote.