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The wilmot proviso was a proposed amendment to the military appropriations bill that would?
Ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the future, and possibly disputed lands in south Texas and New Mexico.
Where did David Wilmot of Pennsylvania submitted a proposal to Congress that would have outlawed slavery?
David Wilmot submitted an amendment to a bill in the House of Representatives in 1846. The Wilmot Proviso would have outlawed slavery only in the territories gained in the war with Mexico. It passed, but the Senate adjourned without voting on it. He tried again in 1847 and again it passed, but the Senate then passed their own version of the bill without the amendment. It never became law.
President in American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln was President during the Civil War.
The Civil War in the US began in what year?
The American Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865.
What was the leading crop raised in the South at the time of the Civil War?
Cotton.
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