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title: "Why was the Wilmot Proviso so controversial?"  
description: "Why was the Wilmot Proviso so controversial?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-04-25  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41811/why-was-the-wilmot-proviso-so-controversial  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was the Wilmot Proviso so controversial?

Why was the [Wilmot Proviso](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43219/what-was-the-aim-of-the-wilmot-proviso) so controversial?


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