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What law did Douglas vote against, that would've banned slavery in territories acquired from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso
Dred Scott Decision
Emancipation Proclamation
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Answer
Stephen A. Douglas voted against the Wilmot Proviso because he believed that the people of the territories should decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery. The Wilmot Proviso was an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have banned slavery in territories acquired from Mexico after the Mexican-American War.
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