1. The Wilmot Proviso called for popular sovereignty on the slave question in the territories won from Mexico.
True
False
2. The Wilmot Proviso ____________________.
passed the House and Senate.
enraged the South.
brought the North and South together on the issue of slavery.
became law in 1850
3. In the 1848 election the Whigs opposed the extension of slavery.
True
False
4. General Zachary Taylor, the Whig party candidate in the 1848 election was all of the following except ____________________.
a slaveowner.
a Mexican War hero.
from the Lower South.
related to Henry Clay.
5. In the election of 1848, the __________ party's presidential nominee was Martin Van Buren.
6. The winner of the 1848 presidential election was ____________________.
Jefferson Davis.
Martin Van Buren.
Zachary Taylor.
Henry Clay.