The Wilmot Proviso, If Adopted, Would Have

question 53

Multiple Choice

The Wilmot Proviso, if adopted, would have

• A) prevented the taking of any territory from Mexico.
• B) required California to enter the Union as a slave state.
• C) overturned the Fugitive Slave Law.
• D) prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War.
• E) authorized slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War.

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