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slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico

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It banned slavery in any land acquired from Mexico. Southern slave holders could not support it.

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Lincoln favored it.

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Q: What was the Wilmot Proviso and who did not suppot it?
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Did slaves suppot the Wilmot proviso?

Yes they would have supported it.


What is a proposed law that prohibited slavery in any lands won from Mexico?

wilmot proviso


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)


What plan specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands that might acquired from Mexico?

The Wilmot Proviso (1846) prohibited slavery on any land acquired from Mexico.


Why did the South perceive the Wilmot Proviso as such a threat?

Because the Wilmot Proviso sought to halt the extension of slavery in the western territories


Who was the Wilmot Proviso named for?

Congressman Wilmot of Pennsylvanis who introduced the bill.


What was the name of the proposal david wilmot introduced in 1846?

The wilmot proviso


Who protested the Wilmot Proviso?

Southerners.


Why did slaveholders claim the wilmot proviso was unconstitutional?

Slaveholders opposed the Wilmot Proviso because Slaveholders argued that slaves were property by the Constitution