Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections , and in some state elections .
Simplified: The Free Soil Party was , for a short time , a political party in the United States . It was active in the 1848 and 1852 president elections , and in some state elections .