what could explain why the wilmot proviso passed in the house but did not pass in the senate
The Wilmot Proviso proposed an American law to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War.The conflict over the proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.he Senate took up the bill late in its Monday session. Southern Democrats hoped to reject the Wilmot Proviso and send the bill back to the House for a quick approval of the bill without the restrictions on slavery.