The Wilmot Proviso

question 67

Multiple Choice

The Wilmot Proviso

• A) overturned the Missouri Compromise.
• B) was an appropriation to pay for peace with Mexico.
• C) banned all slavery west of the Mississippi River.
• D) prohibited slavery in any land acquired from Mexico.
• E) passed in the House and was signed into law.

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