The Wilmot Proviso was controversial because it proposed
a. a ban on adding new states until a solution could be worked out about slavery
b. a constitutional amendment giving Congress the power to ban slavery
c. a ban on slavery in any state created out of land bought from Mexico
d. federal funding for colonization efforts in Africa
e. abolishing slavery and compensating slaveowners
Ans: c. a ban on slavery in any state created out of land bought from Mexico
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