Question

1. what was the wilmot proviso?

2. what were the main issues that led to Henry clay's proposed compromise?

4. the status of new western territories would be decided by popular sovereignty, which is ______.

5. if southern states seceded from the union, then ______.​

Answer 1

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1) The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.

In short, A proposed law that would have banned slavery from lands gained as a result of the Mexican-American War.

2) The main issues were:

• California applying for statehood.
• Slave trade would be banned in the District of Columbia.
• Creation of fugitive slave law.

3) The status of new western territories would be decided by popular sovereignty, which where the people would vote over issues rather than having the representatives.

4) Seven.

• Basic American ideals of self-determination as manifested in the Declaration of Independence guided the Southerners toward secession and in their mind justified them in the act.
• Released from Northern assaults on its "peculiar institution" of slavery, the South was confident that it would do much better as a separate nation.

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