The Wilmot Proviso, Introduced into Congress During the Mexican War

question 80

Multiple Choice

The Wilmot Proviso, introduced into Congress during the Mexican War, declared that

• A) Mexican territory would not be annexed to the United States.
• B) slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States.
• C) the United States should annex all of Mexico.
• D) the United States should have to pay Mexico a financial indemnity for having provoked the war.
• E) slavery in the territories would be determined by popular sovereignty.

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Implosion

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Reactive Inhibition

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