In 1846, Congressman David Wilmot proposed to
A) prohibit slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico.
B) allow voters to decide the status of slavery in new territories.
C) divide the Oregon Country between Great Britain and the United States.
D) annex Cuba to avoid southern secession.
E) allow slavery to expand into California and New Mexico.
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