How did the northwest ordinance influence the expansion of the united states

The northwest ordinance influenced the expansion of the united states by creation of new states and admission of those states into confederation.

Explanation:

The Northwest Ordinance has major impact on United States expansion as they were legislated by the Congress from Article of Confederation and formed the most important of all the legislation in it.

The foremost quality of the Ordinance was that it ruled out the status of state and treated all the states to be equal regardless of the fact that when they were created. Equality of rights of all the citizen of all the states was given and universal, involving those formed new and those who fought in the revolution.