Why was the north opposed to the cheap sale of land in the west?

There was no profit in it for most northerners and it would provide a way for wage slaves to find opportunities somewhere els besides the north.They also wanted cheap labor and the west would slim the pickings provided by desparation and poverty.

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equal pay act of 1963. the equal pay act, signed in to law by president john f. kennedy on june 10, 1963, was one of the first federal anti-discrimination laws that addressed wage differences based on gender. they felt that this would prevent employers from undercutting future wages for men.