The Wilmot Proviso provided an appropriation of $2 million to have the president at this time negotiate a deal for the current territorial settlement of Mexico. The man that pronouced this was a man by the name of David Wilmot. He introduced a bill that stated that no territory gained from Mexico should be open to slavery. This angered many of the Southerners that were fully open to slavery. This proposal did pass the house but then was rejected by the Senate. There were many debates between the north and south to do this or not which led to a lot of conflict eventually leading up to the Civil War.
Between the north and south one being for slavery and other side being opposed there were many conflicts between the two regions in leading up to the Civil War. These two sides would eventully collide and a huge reason for these two sides of the country going to war was in fact because of the Wilmot Proviso.
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