Had it passed, the Wilmot Proviso would have
A. divided Texas into five slave states.
B. extended the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific.
C. prohibited slavery in any territory won from Mexico.
D. given legal sanction to the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
Answer: C
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