History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1559 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Wilmot Proviso
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The idea
Pennsylvania congressman David Wilmot amended an eighteen forty-six revenue bill to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico.
In practice
Text largely derived from the seventeen eighty-seven Northwest Ordinance.
Where people slip
It passed the House and failed in the Senate, which is the Senate arithmetic of entry 1518 working exactly as designed.
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