On What Basis Did the Free-Soil Party Argue That Slavery

question 36

Multiple Choice

On what basis did the Free-Soil Party argue that slavery should not be permitted in the new territories?

• A) Slavery empowered aristocratic men over the rights of the people.
• B) Slavery was a moral injustice.
• C) The nation would always be paralyzed by this debate if they didn't take a difficult stand now.
• D) Northern interests would always be second to those of southern slaveholders.

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