Article: A precarious balance.(Mexican War, 1845-8)(Wilmot ...
Cobblestone;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... by treaty] ... ." Known as the Wilmot Proviso, the amendment was almost identical ... to prevent this from happening. The Wilmot Proviso never became law, but it brought to ... Virginian, he refused to support the Wilmot Proviso. Anti-slavery members of the Whig ...

Article: Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of
Dictionary of American History;      607 words ... ... Eagles: Reinterpreting the U.S.-Mexican War, 1846 – 1848. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 2000. Charles M. Dobbs See also Compromise of 1850 ; Gadsden Purchase ; Mexican-American War ; Wilmot Proviso .

Article: Popular Sovereignty
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ... ... be added to a Mexican-American War appropriations bill. His Wilmot Proviso raised the complex question ... Senator Cass argued that the Wilmot Proviso was unconstitutional because ... Territorial Governments ; Wilmot Proviso .

Article: Compromise of 1850
West's Encyclopedia of American Law;      551 words ... ... the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which brought about the end of the Mexican American War. Abolitionists continued to favor the antislavery stance of the wilmot proviso prohibiting slavery in the lands acquired from Mexico, which was proposed ...

Encyclopedia entry: Lincoln, Abraham
The Oxford Guide to the United States Government;      700+ words ... ... but it was never brought to a vote. His support for the Wilmot Proviso (a bill to outlaw slavery in territories acquired from Mexico), his opposition to the Mexican-American War (he voted for a resolution in Congress that described it ...

Article: Spanish-American War, Navy in
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, NAVY IN SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, NAVY IN. Shortly before the Spanish-American War, growing American interest in a modern, powerful navy had resulted in increased appropriations and a vigorous program of ship construction ...

Article: The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting
Journalism History;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... general editor. The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood ... satisfied by The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting, a shelf-busting set of ... While it would be folly to declare American War Reporting to be both alpha and omega ...