Question

The Free Soil Party was a political party mounted by

Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) A The temperance movement, which worked to enact prohibition laws in new states entering the union.
(Choice B) B The antislavery movement, which worked to prevent the expansion of slavery into new territories.
(Choice C) C the proslavery movement, which hoped that slaveholders would have the freedom to practice slavery in new territories.

Answer 1

The Free Soil Party was a political party mounted by

Answer 2

The correct answer is B The antislavery movement, which worked to prevent the expansion of slavery into new territories.

The Free Soil party had one real goal which was to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories. The party was opposed to the way southern slaveholders were using politics in order to control slavery