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.

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The Free Soil party was made up of northerners who believed that slavery's expansion into new territories would inhibit the upward mobility of free white workers. They believed that with the expansion of slavery, there would be less opportunity for white workers, as they would have to compete with slave labor. This opinion can be seen as the main reason for their opposition to slavery's expansion in the territories.

The Free Soil Party of 1848 Included Many Northerners Who