The "free soil" ideology included
A) a call to end slavery in the United States as soon as possible.
B) the argument that slavery was tremendously harmful to American blacks.
C) an argument for black male suffrage.
D) the use of military force to suppress slavery.
E) opposition to the expansion of slavery.

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"Free soil" ideology opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories and states in the United States. This position was based on the belief that the extension of slavery would harm the economic opportunities of free white laborers, as well as the idea that slavery was morally wrong. While the movement did not necessarily call for the immediate end of slavery itself, it did aim to contain slavery within existing states and prevent its spread.

The "Free Soil" Ideology Included