Question

I make no war upon the South nor upon slavery in the South. I have no squeamish sensitiveness upon the subject of slavery, nor morbid sympathy for the slave. I plead the cause of the rights of white freemen.
The Wilmot Proviso:

• A. Mandated that a slave state be added for every free state and was easily passed in both houses of Congress and signed by Polk.
• B. Would have raised tariffs to pay for the war and was hated by Southerners and Westerners.
• C. Led to the elimination of the gag rule which had prevented Congress from considering anti-slavery petitions since 1836.
• D. Mandated that any land conquered in the upcoming war with Mexico would be barred from having slavery.
• E. Was the first abolitionist bill introduced to Congress to come to a vote although it failed.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Mandated that a slave state be added for every free state and was easily passed in both houses of Congress and signed by Polk.

Mandated that a slave state be added for every free state and was easily passed in both houses of Congress and signed by Polk.