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Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
Topic 5.3
What was the purpose of the Wilmot Proviso proposed in 1846 by David Wilmot?
To free all slaves living within the United States
To protect slaveholder's rights and upheld the belief that slaves were properties and thereby can be brought to new territories
To ban slavery in any territories gained from the Mexican-American War
To enforce a law that require all discovered runaway slaves be returned to their owners.
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