Why did the Republican Party support the concept of free soil in the debate over the expansion of slavery?
They did not want non-slaveholding whites to compete with slave labor in new territories.
They believed that growing too much cotton would ruin the soil in the new territories.
They were afraid of fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in new territories.
They wanted free black laborers to have exclusive rights to the land in the new territories.

answer; i believe the answer is (polygenic inheritance;

earthquakes in florida are rare because the state is not located near any tectonic plates. in fact, florida is tied for first place as having the fewest earthquakes of any state. much of florida is limestone and seafloor materials that is not conducive to earthquakes.

explanation:

step 1: nitrogen fixation- conversion of atmospheric no₂ into forms useful to plants by lightning, bacteria, and cyanobacteria.

step 2: nitrification-process of converting ammonia to nitrite or nitrate.

step 3: assimilation-plant roots absorb new form of nitrogen.

step 4: ammonification-conversion of organic nitrogen to ammonia by bacteria involved in decomposition.

step 5: denitrification-bacteria turns the decomposed matter back into n₂o, which is released into atmosphere; repeat cycle.

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