The Free Soil Party of 1848 Included Many Northerners Who

question 69

Multiple Choice

The Free Soil party of 1848 included many northerners who opposed slavery´s expansion in the territories because

• A) it might break up the Union.
• B) it destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise up from wage-earning dependence.
• C) it would be an opening wedge to end slavery in the South.
• D) slave labor would be unproductive in the West.
• E) the southern fire-eaters were already planning further expansion into Central America.

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