The main reason southern politicians opposed the Wilmot Proviso was that the proviso would limit the spread of slavery. Southern states wanted to expand slavery into new territories, while the Proviso sought to prohibit it, which threatened the interests of slaveholding states.
Why were southern politicians opposed to the Wilmot Proviso?
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The proviso would admit Texas as a free state.
The proviso would admit Texas as a free state.
The proviso would limit the spread of slavery.
The proviso would limit the spread of slavery.
The proviso's author, David Wilmot, was from the North.
The proviso's author, David Wilmot, was from the North.
The proviso would eliminate slavery in the South.
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