The northwest ordinance of 1787: a. regulated western land sales through a policy that was amicable to the indians. b. established the policy to admit the area’s population as equal members of the political system. c. was the first step in alexander hamilton’s plan for economic growth. d. declared all indian land to be the possession of the u. s. government. e. abolished the articles of confederation and called for a second constitutional convention.

b. established the policy to admit the area's population as equal members of the political system.

Explanation:

The Northwest Ordinance was a law established in 1787 by the United States Confederation Congress. The purpose of this law was to establish the northwest of the country as the first organized US territory that did not belong to the southern Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and to the east of the Mississippi River. In addition, this law established the policy to admit the population of the area as equal members of the political system.