Check my answer. to become a state according to the northwest ordinance, a territory had to have a. a functioning education system b. permission from surrounding states c. a bill of rights d. a population of 60,000 free settlers d?

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years

the correct answer is a: slaves from other colonies ran away to georgia.