"Provided, that, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory." — David Wilmot, Wilmot Proviso, 1846
The Proviso's introduction most directly contributed to which political consequence?
- Acheck_circle
Realignment of congressional voting along sectional rather than party lines
- B
Mexican refusal to sign the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- C
Immediate dissolution of the Whig Party
- D
Repeal of the Three-Fifths Compromise
Explanation
Votes on the Proviso split North and South more than Whig and Democrat, foreshadowing later sectional realignment. Whigs collapsed in the 1850s, the compromise stood until 1865, and Mexico did sign the treaty.