MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE WILMOT PROVISO
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Question
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What was the Northern reaction to the Wilmot Proviso?
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The North rebelled thinking that the Yeomens’s farms would be taken away
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The North went to the South and killed rebel leaders
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The Wilmot Proviso did not effect the North at all
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The North rebelled on the government
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Although Wilmot’s Proviso failed by itself, it fueled volatile division and debate between the Northern and Southern states over slavery and ultimately made the Civil War more inevitable.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 8, 1846, Wilmot introduced legislation in the House that boldly declared, “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist” in lands won in the Mexican-American War.
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