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the sout's balance of power was the senate. Addition of non slaqve states would upset that balance of power

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

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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.


Why did southerners denounce the wilmot proviso?

the proviso would upset the balance of power between the north and 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)


Why did southerners denounced the wilmot?

the proviso would upset the balance of power between the north and the south


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


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

The wilmot proviso


Who was the Wilmot Proviso named for?

Congressman Wilmot of Pennsylvanis who introduced the bill.


Who protested the Wilmot Proviso?

Southerners.