The correct answer is the Mexican American War
David Wilmot was a Congressman from the state of Pennsylvania who wanted to ban slavery from exisiting in the new territories that the US received after the Mexican American War. This includes modern day California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, etc.
Wilmot's idea was met with fierece opposition from Southern politicians. This is due to the fact that this would result in a significant increase in power for anti-slave states in Congress. Southerners feared that if Northern politicians gained too much power in Congress, they would outlaw the institution of slavery all over the United States. This fierece opposition is one of the reasons why the Wilmot Proviso is never actually used.
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On Gradpoint it's the one that says something along the lines of "avoiding conflict between southern and northern states"
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The answer is D. the right to pursue happiness.
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One of the main reasons why large numbers of loyalists moved to cities in the south in the years 1779 and 1780 is because this is where they found the most sympathy, due mostly to the fact that a large concentration of patriot activity had centered in the northern cities.
