Wilmot Proviso and Its Impacts

Wilmot Proviso and Its Impacts

Assessment

Interactive Video

History, Social Studies, Geography

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video discusses the Wilmot Proviso of 1848, proposed by Congressman David Wilmot to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico after the Mexican-American War. Although it passed the House, it failed in the Senate due to Southern opposition. The Proviso influenced public opinion on slavery and set the stage for the 1848 election and future sectional conflicts leading to the Civil War.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What major event preceded the introduction of the Wilmont Proviso?

The American Civil War

The Mexican-American War

The War of 1812

The Spanish-American War

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who proposed the Wilmont Proviso?

Henry Clay

David Wilmont

Abraham Lincoln

Stephen Douglas

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary aim of the Wilmont Proviso?

To ban slavery in new territories

To establish new trade routes

To allow slavery in new territories

To promote industrialization

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which President supported the Wilmont Proviso?

Millard Fillmore

Andrew Jackson

James K. Polk

Zachary Taylor

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did many in the North oppose the Wilmont Proviso?

They were against the Missouri Compromise

They wanted more territories

They supported slavery

They believed it would never work

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the outcome of the Wilmont Proviso in the House of Representatives?

It was ignored

It was tabled

It was rejected

It was passed

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the Wilmont Proviso fail in the Senate?

Judicial review

Presidential veto

Control by Southern slave owners

Lack of support from the North

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