Because it was seen as favoring slavery.
Northern abolitionists.
The two primary groups opposed to the Mexican-American War were abolitionists and some Whigs. Abolitionists opposed the war because they feared it would expand slave territory and perpetuate slavery in new states. Meanwhile, many Whigs criticized the war on moral and constitutional grounds, arguing it was an unjust aggression against Mexico and a distraction from domestic issues.
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.
No he was an expansionist who favored the war.
The Mexican cession was the outcome of the 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.
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.
Northern abolitionists.
abolitionists
Northern abolitionists opposed the Mexican American War.
The two primary groups opposed to the Mexican-American War were abolitionists and some Whigs. Abolitionists opposed the war because they feared it would expand slave territory and perpetuate slavery in new states. Meanwhile, many Whigs criticized the war on moral and constitutional grounds, arguing it was an unjust aggression against Mexico and a distraction from domestic issues.
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.
No he was an expansionist who favored the war.
No
The Mexican cession was the outcome of the Mexican American war.
The Mexican-American War was not unnecessary.
The Mexican-American War began