Question

As leader of the Republican party, Lincoln was outspoken in his views on slavery and expressed them during the debates of 1858. Which of the following would best fit with his position l?
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Wilmot Proviso

Answer 1

The Wilmot Proviso would best fit with Lincoln's position on slavery. The Wilmot Proviso was a proposed amendment to a bill in 1846 that sought to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War. Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories and would have supported the Wilmot Proviso.