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Open Stax: Free Soil or Slave? The Dilemma of the West

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By reading this section of a chapter on "Westward Expansion," students will be able to describe the terms of the Wilmot Proviso and the Compromise of 1850, discuss why the Free-Soil Party objected to the westward expansion of slavery and explain why sectional and political divisions in the United States grew.

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anti-slavery, barnburners, election of 1848, slave power, compromise of 1850, free-soil party, liberty party, openstax: free soil or slave? the dilemma of the west, wilmot proviso, a nation divided (1848-60)
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)