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The controversy over the Wilmot Proviso led to the rise of the _____. Democratic Party Free-Soil Party Whig Party New Republican Party

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Republican Party

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The Wilmot Proviso was proposed by David Wilmot in which he was against slavery of people in territories conquered by the country. This division led to the Democratic Party which were the main party at that point in time to become divided due to their different stance and view on slavery.

This differences led to the creation of the Republican Party which had an anti-slavery tenets.

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