MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE WILMOT PROVISO
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It benefitted the south
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It motivated workers to rise up the economic ladder
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They didn’t believe in slavery
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In contrast to abolitionists, who opposed slavery on moral grounds, most Free-Soilers opposed slavery because they felt that white laborers should not have to compete with-nor be “degraded” by-the presence of black slaves in the new territories.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Free Soil Party’s slogan was “free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men.” The Free Soilers opposed slavery’s expansion into any new territories or states. They generally believed that the government could not end slavery where it already existed but that it could restrict slavery in new areas.
Detailed explanation-3: -The FREE SOIL PARTY of Cuyahoga County was organized in the summer of 1848 as part of a national third-party movement which supported free grants of public land to settlers and opposed the extension of slavery to the western territories.
Detailed explanation-4: -Free labor refers to situations in which laborers offer their skills, services, and time for a minimal amount of money or no payments. Slave labor refers to forcing laborers to provide their skills and time in the production of goods and services against their will and with no payment at all.