Many Americans opposed commercial expansion overseas due to concerns about imperialism and the potential loss of national identity. Critics feared that expansion could lead to entanglements in foreign conflicts and undermine democratic ideals. Additionally, some believed that prioritizing foreign markets could detract from domestic issues and social reforms. Economic competition and labor concerns also fueled resistance, as workers worried about job losses to overseas markets.
Cause they felt like it
Some Americans, called loyalists, still felt faithful to Britain and did not want to split from them.
Several groups in America opposed overseas expansion, including anti-imperialists, labor unions, and certain religious organizations. Prominent figures such as Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie voiced concerns about imperialism contradicting American democratic values. Additionally, some labor groups feared that expansion would lead to competition for jobs and lower wages. These opponents argued that expansion would entangle the U.S. in foreign conflicts and undermine its principles of self-determination and liberty.
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.
Some of the distnguished figures to critisize the U.S. overseas expansion were Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, William Jennings Bryan, and William James.
Some of the distnguished figures to critisize the U.S. overseas expansion were Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, William Jennings Bryan, and William James.
Cause they felt like it
because of fear that expansion could abort the democratic evolution in Russia and even revive the Cold War.
to oppose the federalists
to oppose the federalists.
Some Americans, called loyalists, still felt faithful to Britain and did not want to split from them.
It was thought to be unconstitutional
They felt it simply wasn't their war to get into because the war was in Europe
Some of the reasons for the founding of the NAACP were:The desire to oppose racismAfrican Americans' desire for more opportunitiesJim Crow lawsSegregation laws
Some had been born in the United States and considered it home.
It isn't that the people oppose it is more of the family. For most Asian they/the family members who came to America had to be well educated. Some Asians view African Americans as uneducated and they believe they would just live off of the Asian. But there are some people who oppose and those people just haven't gotten past the fact the racism yet.