The Wilmot Proviso, If Adopted, Would Have

Multiple Choice

The Wilmot Proviso, if adopted, would have

A) prevented the taking of any territory from Mexico.
B) required California to enter the Union as a slave state.
C) overturned the Fugitive Slave Law.
D) prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War.
E) authorized slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War.