Southwest Ordinance
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The Southwest Ordinance was a 1790 act of the U.S. Congress that organized the Territory South of the River Ohio and established its government and path to statehood.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southwest Ordinance canonical | 3 |
| Southwestern Ordinance | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13440909 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwest Ordinance Context triple: [Territory South of the River Ohio, createdByAct, Southwest Ordinance]
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A.
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance was a 1787 act of the U.S. Congress that established the process for governing and admitting new states from the Northwest Territory, setting important precedents for westward expansion and the prohibition of slavery in that region.
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B.
Cherokee Constitution of 1827
The Cherokee Constitution of 1827 was the foundational legal charter that established a written, republican-style government for the Cherokee Nation, modeled in part on the United States Constitution.
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C.
Land Ordinance of 1784
The Land Ordinance of 1784 was an early U.S. law drafted largely by Thomas Jefferson that outlined a systematic process for organizing and governing western territories as they moved toward statehood.
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D.
Wyandotte Constitution
The Wyandotte Constitution was the anti-slavery state constitution under which Kansas was admitted to the Union in 1861.
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E.
Great Law of Peace
The Great Law of Peace is the oral constitution and political-philosophical framework that established and guided the governance, diplomacy, and social order of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwest Ordinance Target entity description: The Southwest Ordinance was a 1790 act of the U.S. Congress that organized the Territory South of the River Ohio and established its government and path to statehood.
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A.
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance was a 1787 act of the U.S. Congress that established the process for governing and admitting new states from the Northwest Territory, setting important precedents for westward expansion and the prohibition of slavery in that region.
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B.
Cherokee Constitution of 1827
The Cherokee Constitution of 1827 was the foundational legal charter that established a written, republican-style government for the Cherokee Nation, modeled in part on the United States Constitution.
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C.
Land Ordinance of 1784
The Land Ordinance of 1784 was an early U.S. law drafted largely by Thomas Jefferson that outlined a systematic process for organizing and governing western territories as they moved toward statehood.
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D.
Wyandotte Constitution
The Wyandotte Constitution was the anti-slavery state constitution under which Kansas was admitted to the Union in 1861.
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E.
Great Law of Peace
The Great Law of Peace is the oral constitution and political-philosophical framework that established and guided the governance, diplomacy, and social order of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
ⓘ
foundational territorial statute ⓘ organic act ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Act for the Government of the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio
ⓘ
Southwestern Ordinance ⓘ
linked to:
Southwest Ordinance
|
| appliedToFutureState | Tennessee ⓘ |
| appliedToRegion |
lands south of the Ohio River
ⓘ
western lands ceded by North Carolina ⓘ |
| appliesToFormerColony |
North Carolina cession lands
ⓘ
linked to:
North Carolina western lands
|
| appliesToJurisdiction | Territory South of the River Ohio ⓘ |
| basedOn | principles of the Northwest Ordinance regarding governance ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdOffice | territorial judges for the Southwest Territory ⓘ |
| createdTitle |
Governor of the Territory South of the River Ohio
ⓘ
Secretary of the Territory South of the River Ohio ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1790-05-26 ⓘ |
| definedGovernmentFor | Territory South of the River Ohio ⓘ |
| definedRelationshipBetween | federal government and Territory South of the River Ohio ⓘ |
| effect |
establishment of a legal framework for eventual statehood of Tennessee
ⓘ
formal organization of the Southwest Territory ⓘ |
| established | Territory South of the River Ohio ⓘ |
| goal |
orderly governance of the Southwest Territory
ⓘ
orderly transition from territory to statehood ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post–American Revolutionary War expansion ⓘ |
| legalForm | act of Congress ⓘ |
| legalStatus | public law of the United States ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| modeledAfter | Northwest Ordinance ⓘ |
| partOf | United States territorial expansion framework ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Ordinance
|
| providedFor |
appointment of a territorial governor
ⓘ
appointment of a territorial secretary ⓘ appointment of territorial judges ⓘ creation of a territorial legislative assembly ⓘ election of a territorial legislature after population thresholds ⓘ territorial delegate to the U.S. Congress (without vote) ⓘ |
| providedPathToStatehoodFor | Territory South of the River Ohio ⓘ |
| reaffirmedPrinciplesOf | Northwest Ordinance ⓘ |
| regulated |
civil government in the Territory South of the River Ohio
ⓘ
land and political organization south of the Ohio River ⓘ |
| shortName | Southwest Ordinance ⓘ |
| subject |
admission of new states
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territorial government ⓘ territorial organization ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Early national period of United States history ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1790 ⓘ |
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Subject: Southwest Ordinance Description of subject: The Southwest Ordinance was a 1790 act of the U.S. Congress that organized the Territory South of the River Ohio and established its government and path to statehood.
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Southwest Ordinance