The leaders of the Confederacy believed that the Union states were the enemy. This belief was largely influenced by the slave trade.
This is because they believed the federal government would then have more control over what the states did. The states are supposed to be free to make their own laws without federal involvement.
They believed the national government should be stronger than the states
The South supported it because it could have allowed new slave-states. The Northern abolitionists opposed it for the same reason.
The southern states because the Second Great Awakening promoted the abolitionist movement.
The leaders of the Confederacy believed that the Union states were the enemy. This belief was largely influenced by the slave trade.
They believed that the Constitution diminished states' rights.
They opposed it because that the inevitable addition of new free states to the Union would shift the balance of power permanently to the North. But, it was rejected by the Senate anyways. Also some believed that it undermined their constitional rights because they believed slaves were property.
The government of the United States is a democracy because citizens vote for their leaders.
The North wanted the new states to be non-slave states... most northerners were not anti-slavery, just abolitionists-that means they did not oppose slavery directly; rather, they opposed the spread of it because they believed that if it did not spread, it might eventually die out.
Bryan believed that taking the Philippines was wrong because he opposed American imperialism and believed that it violated the principles of self-determination and autonomy. He argued that the United States should not impose its rule on another country against its will.
Richard Nixon is an American politician became the vice president of the United States because he opposed communism.
Fear the possible of too much central government. Believed more in states rights
Southerners opposed the Wilmot Proviso because it sought to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico, which threatened the balance of power between slave and free states in the U.S. They believed it went against their rights to bring slaves into new territories and feared it could lead to the restriction of slavery in existing states.
Jackson opposed the Bank of the United States because he believed it was an unconstitutional concentration of power. He thought the bank favored the interests of wealthy elites and contributed to economic inequality. Jackson also believed in a decentralized banking system controlled by individual states rather than a national bank.
Richard Nixon is an American politician became the vice President of the United States because he opposed communism.
This is because they believed the federal government would then have more control over what the states did. The states are supposed to be free to make their own laws without federal involvement.