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Wilmot Proviso
A proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American war.
Effect
He made slavery the main issue in the United States. This bill passed in the House and failed in Senate.
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Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
John Brown
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Wilmot Proviso
Mexican-American War
California's Statehood
Dred Scott Case
Brooks vs. Sumner
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Fugitive Slave Act
Election of 1860
Secession