Question

Which statement about free-soilers is the most true?

A:All free-soilers opposed slavery on moral grounds
B:Most free-soilers wanted to abolish slavery in the South.
C:All free-soilers opposed slavery for economic reasons
D:Free-soilers opposed slavery for different reasons.
E:Free-soilers accepted the basic concept of slavery.

Answer 1

Yes, the answer is D. Free-Soilers opposed slavery for different reasons.

Step-by-step explanation:

Here are what my notes say from Plato:

"Free-Soilers were a group made up of antislavery people, including abolitionist Northerners, racist Westerners who didn't want African American people in their territories at all, and those opposed to slavery for economic reasons"

It is definitely not E, because they did not accept slavery, It is not A, because some people in the group (like the Westerners) did not see it as right or wrong (moral), they just wanted them gone. It is also not C because although there were people in the group who did oppose it for economic reasons, not all of them were that way. Lastly, is is definitely not B, because the Free-Soilers did not oppose slavery itself, they only opposed the expansion of slavery.

Therefore, your answer is D.

~Kicho [nm68]

Answer 2

D:Free-soilers opposed slavery for different reasons.

Free-soilers believed that starting by restringing slavery, slavery would eventually disappear. Free-soilers opposed slavery for different reasons. The first was that slavery was destroying the dignity of labour and restringed the possibility of individuals or families to better their social condition. Another reason was that slavery was an institution that didn't allow the economy to evolve.