The Free-Soil Party would have supported the Wilmot Proviso. The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful proposal in Congress to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War. The Free-Soil Party was founded on the principles of opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories, so they would not have supported slave codes or the Fugitive Slave Act.
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Which of the following laws would the Free-Soil Party have supported?(1 point)
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slave codes
slave codes
Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Wilmot Proviso
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