History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1954 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Clay's Resolutions
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The idea
Henry Clay proposed admitting California free, rejecting the Wilmot Proviso for the rest of the Cession, and fixing the New Mexico and Texas boundary.
In practice
A single omnibus package meant to be voted on all at once.
Where people slip
He also proposed paying Texas's republic-era debts and ending the slave trade, though not slavery, in the national capital.
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