Why did the Free-Soil movement support the exclusion of slavery from the territories?
A) It believed in racial justice.
B) It believed in the immorality of slavery.
C) It feared the outbreak of slave insurrections in the territories.
D) It feared labor competition from slaves.
E) Most western land was unsuited for plantation agriculture.
Answer: D
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