Question 12 • (AG Q3) American History 8: 25-26 (AHostetler)
The Wilmot Proviso was a proposal to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico after the Mexican-American War. The Mexican Cession was the large area Mexico ceded to the United States, so the proviso tried to ban slavery there. It did not make slavery legal or approve the later Gadsden Purchase.
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