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Because it was seen as favoring slavery.
Ressie Okuneva
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∙ 8y agoThe abolitionists thought it was a bad deal. They thought it would strip them of their rights of holding slaves due to the annexation of territory. This created uncertainty for the abolitionists.
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∙ 13y agoIt appeared to favor the Southern cause of more slave states.
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∙ 13y agoBecause they generally opposed slavery and this war was bound to expand slavery in the US.
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∙ 13y agoSome because they feared the expansion of slavery, some because they opposed any US expansion and some because they saw the war as morally wrong.
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What people did not agree with the Mexican American War?
Northern abolitionists.
Why did some Americans oppose the Mexican American War?
Because it was destined to increase and support the establishment of slave states and to upset the delicate balance of power established in the Compromise of 1850. It opened a new discourse on slavery that could only be resolved by Civil War.
Was Frederick Douglass opposed to the Mexican American War?
No he was an expansionist who favored the war.
What was the outcome of the Mexican American war for the American military?
The Mexican cession was the outcome of the Mexican American war.
What did the treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo end?
The mexican-american war
Why did abolitionist oppose Mexican American war?
The abolitionists thought it was a bad deal. They thought it would strip them of their rights of holding slaves due to the annexation of territory. This created uncertainty for the abolitionists.
Why did the Mexican abolitionists oppose war?
The abolitionists thought it was a bad deal. They thought it would strip them of their rights of holding slaves due to the annexation of territory. This created uncertainty for the abolitionists.
What people did not agree with the Mexican American War?
Northern abolitionists.
What group who feared the spread of slavery opposed the Mexican American war?
abolitionists
What was the region of the US that opposed war with Mexico?
Northern abolitionists opposed the Mexican American War.
Why did some Americans oppose the Mexican American War?
Because it was destined to increase and support the establishment of slave states and to upset the delicate balance of power established in the Compromise of 1850. It opened a new discourse on slavery that could only be resolved by Civil War.
Was Frederick Douglass opposed to the Mexican American War?
No he was an expansionist who favored the war.
Did John Quincy Adams oppose the us Mexican war?
No
What was the outcome of the Mexican American war for the American military?
The Mexican cession was the outcome of the Mexican American war.
What is a sentence with Mexican American war?
The Mexican-American War was not unnecessary.
What resulted from the 1845 decision by congress to annex Texas?
The Mexican-American War began
Did the Mexican American War start in 1810?
No, the Mexican American War began in 1846.
