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The expansion of the United States westward into newly acquired Mexican territories and other western territories caused a lot of controversy. The Mason-Dixon line was still the rule, but the controversy was when California, due to its climate where cotton and tobacco were unable to grow, entered the union as a free state, as slavery was unnecessary. The controversy was attempted to be put to rest by California agreeing to always having a pro-Slavery senator as to not have an anti-Slavery majority in the Senate. See the related link.
In the election of 1848, the Democrats chose a platform that remained silent on slavery. Nominee Lewis Cass was pro-slavery, so many anti-slavery Democrats walked out of the Baltimore convention to begin the Free Soil party.
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The Free-Soil Party wanted the western territories to be free from slavery.
Abraham Lincoln completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories.
Abraham Lincoln completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories.
The issue of expansion of slavery was its expansion and growth into Western territories.
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Abolitionists and Free Soil Party members fought against the expansion of slavery into western territories. They believed that slavery was morally wrong and that free labor was more beneficial for the economy. They argued that allowing the spread of slavery would inhibit the growth and development of the western territories.
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To stop the spread of slavery in the western territories.