Question

The movement that advocated keeping slavery out of the territories was known as the

A) personal liberty movement.
B) free-soil movement.
C) John Brown Brigade.
D) Garrison solution.
E) the Missouri Compromise.

Answer 1

The answer is B) free-soil movement. This party was made up of ant-slavery politicians who were from the Whig and Democratic parties. Their goal was to keep slavery out of the new territories. Eventually they were integrated into the Republican Party.