What is true about the Wilmot Proviso?
1) It banned slavery in the territory acquired from the war with Mexico
2) It threatened war with Britain if they didn't give up possession of Oregon
3) It extended the Missouri Compromise from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
4) It finally established the border with Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Ans: 1) It banned slavery in the territory acquired from the war with Mexico
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