Each of he following lists of top 50 conservative and liberal cities represent nearly 20% the number of cities in the United States with populations over 100,000. 1 Provo Utah.
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 Wilmot Proviso proposed an American law to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War.
Named after its sponsor, Democratic representative David Wilmot of Pennsylvania, the proviso never passed both houses of Congress, but it did ignite an intense national debate over slavery that led to the creation of the antislavery Republican Party in 1854.