Because it could have allowed both those states to practise slavery, in contravention of the Missouri Compromise. (By 1854, it was getting much more difficult to create new slave-states at all.)
cuz they did
Some members believed that the colonies could still make peace with the British. When the congress finally agreed to sign it there was a consensus that they where too far in to back out now. The king had also shown no sign of letting up.
Because Johnson's plan was implemented when Congress was out of session. Power play, pure and simple. jesslyn bigelow answered this(:
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.
they believed it made government too powerful
the president had overstepped his powers
They vowed to oppose the Brown ruling through all "lawful means."
Republicans and conservative Southern Democrats believed that the new frontier was too costly. They also opposed an increase of federal power.
Melancton Smith was an anti-federalist who opposed sweeping powers of congress.
cuz they did
The norther opposed to slavery because
Some members believed that the colonies could still make peace with the British. When the congress finally agreed to sign it there was a consensus that they where too far in to back out now. The king had also shown no sign of letting up.
No
As of 2013, the majority of Democrats in Congress support marriage equality. The majority of Republicans oppose it.
it did not want the U.S. to be involved in international politics.
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It would throw off the balance between the northern and southern states in Congress, and the South would be able to pass slavery-friendly legislation at will, if Missouri were admitted without a balancing "free state."