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QuizMultiple Choice

Slavery and the West

Question 7 • MI-Government/Civics 2023

The proposition that stated that slavery should be prohibited from all lands that could be acquired from Mexico was _____________ .

Answer
A
The Compromise of 1850
B
The Compromise of 1820
C
The Wilmot Proviso
D
The Kansas - Nebraska Act

Explanation

The Wilmot Proviso proposed banning slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico after the Mexican-American War. That matches “the Wilmot Proviso,” which is choice C. The Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act addressed slavery in different ways and were not this proposal.

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