Slavery<span> and </span>involuntary servitude were forbidden<span> in the </span>Northwest Territory<span>, </span>thereby making<span> the </span>Ohio River<span> a </span>natural dividing line between<span> the </span>free<span> and </span>slave states<span> of the </span>country.Unanimous consent<span> from the </span>states<span> was </span>required<span> for the </span>Northwest Ordinance<span> to be </span>passed<span>. </span>
<span>Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus, or the right to be brought before a judge to tell what one is being charged with, in the border states during the beginning of the civil war in order to prevent them from seceding. He considered it necessary for the preservation of the union.</span>
Enlightened - having or showing a rational, modern, and well-informed outlook. so basically the same definition
