MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
COMPROMISE OF 1850
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ban slavery in territories acquired as a result of the war with Mexico
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grant women suffrage and the ability to run for political office
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imprison all Mexican citizens occupying land gained through the conflict
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enslave all American Indians still living in Texas following the war
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the war, Congressman David Wilmot introduced the Wilmot Proviso, a proposal to ban slavery in any new territory acquired from Mexico. The measure passed in the House of Representatives but failed in the Senate. Congress was also seeking resolutions for several other controversial matters.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Wilmot Proviso was a proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired by the United States at the conclusion of the Mexican War.
Detailed explanation-4: -neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.” This provision that slavery be excluded from the Mexican Cession became known as the Wilmot Proviso.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Wilmot Proviso was issued on August 8th, 1846 by Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman David Wilmot. It prohibited the expansion of slavery into any territory acquired by the United States from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War settlement.