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If it would have passed, which territory would have been impacted by the Wilmot Proviso the most?
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The Wilmot Proviso proposed in 1846 was a bill that aimed to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War. If it had passed, the territory that would have been impacted the most would have been the newly acquired territories from Mexico, including California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma. These territories would have been closed to slavery and would likely have become free states, affecting the balance of power between slave states and free states in the United States.
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