Question

What was the Wilmot proviso? How did it help cause the civil war?

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Answer 1

Hey bro, the Wilmot Proviso was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War (1846-48). Soon after the war began, President James K. Polk sought the appropriation of $2 million as part of a bill to negotiate the terms of a treaty.

Answer 2

It help caused the civil war because it was at many times called up, debated, and voted on repeatedly for years. And this debating and voting angered both sides because one wanted one way of it, and the other side wanted the other, aka the North and the South.

Answer 3

This bill furthermore helped even more stimulate the rising argumets on sectionalism.

Answer 4

Last, before the bill was voted on for the first time, southerners were scared it would pass, so the try to condend that all Americans had equal rights in the new territories including the right to move their slaves. And with them doing and saying that brought tension from the north...

Answer 5

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