Wilmot Proviso

What section of land was the Wilmot Proviso talking about?

• Mexican Cession
• Louisiana Purchase
• Oregon Territory
• Washington D.C.

Who proposed the idea that we would not let the land we get from the Mexican War be open to slavery?

• John Smith
• Sarah Johnson
• Michael Brown
• David Wilmot

What year did the Wilmot Proviso take place?

• 1839
• 1850
• 1845
• 1846

What did David WIlmot have in mind when he made the Wilmot Proviso?

• To ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico after the Mexican-American War.
• To grant voting rights to enslaved individuals
• To abolish the importation of slaves from Africa
• To expand slavery into new territories

Most Northerners liked the WIlmot Proviso and agreed with it.

• True

• False

What did the free-soilers belive about free labor vs. slave labor?

• Free-soilers believed that free labor was morally superior to slave labor.
• Free-soilers believed that slave labor was more efficient than free labor.
• Free-soilers believed that free labor was economically unsustainable compared to slave labor.
• Free-soilers believed that free labor was only suitable for certain industries, while slave labor was universally applicable.

The North saw the South as a threat to their national progress and prosperity.

• False

• True

What were Southeners beliefs on how slavery should be in the United States?

• Southerners believed that slavery should be limited to certain races.
• Southerners believed that slavery should be allowed and protected all across the U.S.

• Southerners believed that slavery should be abolished.
• Southerners believed that slavery should only be allowed in the North.

Southerners were insulted by the Proviso.

• True

• False

Southeners were completely fine with being denied slavery and left it alone.

• False

• True