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The extension of slavery into new territories
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What did the Wilmot proviso reveal about members of Congress?
They were divided but most favored the abolition of slavery.
Wilmot Proviso revealed that members of Congress?
That the House was divided but with a majority favoring the abolition of slavery.
What is a proposed law that prohibited slavery in any lands won from Mexico?
wilmot proviso
What fate did the Wilmot Proviso meet in Congress?
It failed to become law.
Who presented a proviso to congress to prohibit slavery in the Mexican cession?
David Wilmot
The Wilmot Proviso revealed that members of Congress could what?
Vote their conscience and not their constituency.
How did the southerners manage to kill his proviso?
Southerners managed to defeat the Wilmot Proviso by using their political power to block its passage in Congress. They successfully argued that the Proviso was unconstitutional and threatened to secede from the Union if it was enacted, leading to a compromise to preserve the Union.
What was the unstated goal of the Wilmot Proviso?
What was the unstated goal of the Wilmot Proviso?
How did southerners react to the wilmot proviso?
Southerners opposed the Wilmot Proviso. This is because the Wilmot Proviso established peace with Mexico, and the land that Mexico owned was in the South.
What best is the best description of the wilmot proviso?
Wilmot's Proviso brought the future of slavery to everyone.
What called for a ban on slavery in any territory that the United States acquired from the war with Mexico?
The Wilmot Proviso qualifies as such. It however, was one of the leading causes of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Did the Wilmot Proviso lead to the compromise of 1850?
In part, simply by bringing the issue of slavery to the halls of Congress.
