The Wilmot Proviso lead to conflict because it specifically says that no slavery is allowed in any parts of Mexico.
What was the unstated goal of the Wilmot Proviso?
Southerners opposed the Wilmot Proviso. This is because the Wilmot Proviso established peace with Mexico, and the land that Mexico owned was in the South.
Because the Wilmot Proviso sought to halt the extension of slavery in the western territories
they opposed to it
Northerner (abolition)
wilmot proviso
What was the unstated goal of the Wilmot Proviso?
Southerners opposed the Wilmot Proviso. This is because the Wilmot Proviso established peace with Mexico, and the land that Mexico owned was in the South.
The US gained territory from the war, and the Wilmot Proviso proposed a way to settle the dispute over slavery in the territory.
Wilmot's Proviso brought the future of slavery to everyone.
The Wilmot Proviso qualifies as such. It however, was one of the leading causes of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
The Wilmot Proviso, which was one one event that lead up to the American Civil War, would have banned slavery in new territories and land.
The Wilmot Proviso (1846) prohibited slavery on any land acquired from Mexico.
Because the Wilmot Proviso sought to halt the extension of slavery in the western territories
In part, simply by bringing the issue of slavery to the halls of Congress.
The wilmot proviso
Congressman Wilmot of Pennsylvanis who introduced the bill.