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Earn +20 ptsQ: Was david wilmot the congressman who proposed a rider to an appropriations bill that would stop the spread of slavery into areas of land acquired as a result of war Mexico?
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The wilmot proviso was a proposed amendment to the military appropriations bill that would?
Ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the future, and possibly disputed lands in south Texas and New Mexico.
The Wilmot Proviso was designed to do what?
Keep slavery out of newly acquired Mexican territory
Why did congress delete Jefferson's proposed passage in the declaration that blamed the king for slavery?
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What Stephen adouglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through?
Douglas proposed that the people within each new territory should decide the slavery question for themselves without regard to the rest of the country, known as Popular Sovereignty.
Who was the former president that went to be successful as a anti slavery congressman?
As a matter of fact, that was William Nye sometimes dubbed as "The Science President"
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