The Free Soil Party

question 44

Multiple Choice

The Free Soil Party

• A) was understood as the proper heir to the Federalist Party.
• B) argued that southern slave owners were blocking northern progress.
• C) was the first party in national politics committed to the abolition of slavery.
• D) embraced women's right to vote.
• E) opposed westward migration to avoid conflict with Native American tribes.

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Definitions:

Asymmetric Centers

An asymmetric center in a molecule is a carbon or other atom bonded to four different groups, creating chirality and enabling optical activity.

Specific Rotation

A measure of the amount a substance rotates the plane of polarized light, specific to its molecular structure and concentration.

Dextrorotatory

Describes a substance that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise, as seen by an observer towards the light source.

Levorotatory

Describing a substance that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left or counterclockwise.