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.
Correct Answer:
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