The "Free Soil" Party's slogan of "free soil, free labor, free men" meant O land should be given at no cost to men willing to fa
rm it without demanding wages. that the U.S. was a land built on both the free labor of slaves and the hard work of free men. that land should be available to free white men for small farms rather than large plantations with slaves. O all of the above
This is self-explanatory. If President Grant was busy with scandals, he wouldn't have time to focus on Reconstruction efforts in the South! He wouldn't be able to put as much effort towards it.