Which of These Is Not a True Statement About the Wilmot

question 78

Multiple Choice

Which of these is not a true statement about the Wilmot Proviso?

• A) It stipulated that slavery be prohibited in any territory acquired in the war with Mexico.
• B) It was designed to hold Polk to what many perceived as an understanding: Texas would be for slaveholders; California and New Mexico for free labor.
• C) It was strongly supported by southern Democrats.
• D) It exposed deep sectional divisions that Americans had been previously able to overlook.
• E) It passed in the House but not in the Senate and never became law.

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