Select the correct answer. Why did Congress enact the Northwest Ordinances? A. to set up more post offices
B. to resolve slavery-related disputes
C. to settle the new territories in an orderly man anner
D. to facilitate interstate commerce
E. to restrict the collection of revenue

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.