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It was the Wilmot Proviso that said any lands acquired from Mexico would not allow slavery. It was written by David Wilmot, who served as a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.

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

Henry clays plan


The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for?

The prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War.


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.


What was the intent of the Wilmot Proviso of 1854?

The intent of the Wilmot Proviso was to not allow slavery in the new US territories. In 1846, US President Polk asked Congress to appropriate $2 million for expenses related to the war against Mexico. Congressman David Wilmot attached an amendment to this appropriations bill. Wilmot was a fellow party member of President Polk.


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.


What were the central aspects of sectionalism and the slavery debate from the Mexican war to the US Civil War?

The Mexican-War reignited the slavery question, as many of the acquired lands from Mexico became pro-slavery states territories. For example, Texas and New Mexico became pro-slavery while California and Utah didn't. Ultimately, this led to the American Civil War.


What about slavery below south of the line in Missouri compromise?

South ofthat line, slavery was allowed. But it only applied to the territories acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. When the USA acquired vast new lands from Mexico in 1847, a new compromise had to be worked out, in view of the Wilmot Proviso, which declared that no slavery should be allowed in any of these new territories.


Which did the Wilmer proviso provide for?

The Wilmot Proviso aimed to ban slavery in territories acquired after the Mexican-American War, specifically in the lands taken from Mexico. It was a controversial proposal that heightened tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery expansion.


What was the aim of the Wilmot?

To keep slavery out of any lands obtained from Mexico


Bill that said slavery should be forbidden in all lands taken from Mexico?

The Compromise of 1850 said slavery should be forbidden in all lands taken from Mexico. The Compromise allowed California to be admitted as a free state into the Union.


In 1787 the northwest ordinance was passed to allow the us to expand westward into the land newly acquired from great Britain in the revolutionary war what did it prohibit in the new lands?

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What stated that slavery should be forbidden in any lands that might be acquired by the US as the result of the Mexican war.?

The Wilmot Proviso.