Some southerners felt the ships would be used to protect the trade of New England, but do little for southern economies.
Some members of Congress thought a navy would be a foolish challenge to the world's mightiest navy.
One reason that some Americans opposed the annexation of Texas was that they didn't want to go war with Mexico. Another reason was that it would change the balance between states that had slavery and those that didn't.
Some people opposed the Truman Doctrine because the plan ultimately ended up reversing the government's earlier decision not to get involved in European affairs. Many people wanted the U.S. to mind it's own business so as not to get involved in another war.
Because it could have allowed some new slave-states in the West.
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Numbers of Americans supported slavery, and some loathed slavery.
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.
Cause they felt like it
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
The main reason is that until October 13, 1775, the colonies had no navy at all, and even then it was quite minimal.
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.
Some labor unions opposed immigration because their members believed immigrants would take jobs away from native-born americans.