President Franklin Pierce's Attempt to Annex Hawai'i to the United

President Franklin Pierce's attempt to annex Hawai'i to the United States failed for which of the following reasons?

A) Northern and southern Congressmen alike expressed doubts about the nation's ability to defend Hawai'i.
B) Southerners would not vote for the entry of another free state into the Union.
C) Northern congressmen feared that an expansionist Slave Power was behind the annexation treaty.
D) Northern and southern Congressmen expressed fears that acquisition of Hawai'i would draw the United States into an Asian war.