What impact did the Wilmont Proviso and the Election of 1848 have on the issue of slavery?

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What impact did the Wilmont Proviso and the Election of 1848 have on the issue of slavery?

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Yasmin Dennis · Answer 1

Designed to eliminate slavery within the land gained from the Mexican War.

And the election showed that the popular vote left it to territorys settlers to decide about the slave sectors.