Wilmot Proviso

Events & Acts: a proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the U.S. as a result of the Mexican-American War

• Missouri Compromise

• "Gag Rule"

• Wilmont Proviso

• Compromise of 1850

According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area would slavery banned?

• Southern states

• Northern states

• Louisiana Territory

• land acquired from Mexico

People: Pennsylvania Representative; proposed banning slavery in land gained in the Mexican Cession

• Henry Clay

• David Wilmot

• Daniel Webster

• Charles Sumner

What was the significance of the 36˚30´ parallel?

• It separated the North from the South

• It indicated the northern border of Missouri

• It showed the borders of the United States

• It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned

The Wilmot Proviso, which never passed, would have

• created

  a compromise by dividing the territories into free states and slave states.

• made

  it easier for slaveholders to retrieve an enslaved person.

• prevented

  Congress from banning slavery in any territory gained from Mexico.

• prohibited

  slavery in any territory gained from Mexico.

Discuss the implications of the Wilmot Proviso on the political landscape of the United States at the time. How did it affect the discourse on slavery and territorial expansion?

• It was universally accepted and led to a clear legal framework against slavery in new territories.

• It intensified the sectional conflict by raising contentious debates on slavery in new territories.

• It had no real impact as it was quickly overshadowed by other legislative measures.

• It led to immediate abolition of slavery in all U.S. territories.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

What was the proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War?

• The Dred Scott Decision

• The Wilmot Proviso

• The Ostend Manifesto

• The Gadsden Purchase

What proposition would allow congress to ban slavery in all territory that might become part of the United States as a result of the Mexican American War.

• Wilmot Proviso

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise 1850

• Kansas & Nebraska Act

What was the main objective of the Wilmot Proviso?

• To prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico

• To allow slavery in all new territories

• To abolish slavery in the southern states

• To support the Fugitive Slave Act

Who proposed the Wilmot Proviso?

• Henry Clay

• David Wilmot

• John C. Calhoun

• Stephen A. Douglas