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it was a nickname given to them by the south
Copperheads were Northerners who did not want to go to Civil War. Rather, they wanted peace and to try and find a compromise with the South.
The South
Carpetbaggers were northerners who moved south for personal gain during the Civil War between the Union and the Confederate troops.
Reconstruction OR "The Era of Reconstruction"
The south every time you smelly, tracksuit wearing northeners!
Manchester of South India
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it was a nickname given to them by the south
copprheads
South Chelsea is the nickname given to the area of Battersea in south London - it isn't a properly recognised district.
South Chelsea is the nickname given to the area of Battersea in south London - it isn't a properly recognised district.
You cannot really give a simple answer to that. Of course the northeners were outraged though. The northeners often thought that slavery was a horrible thing to do. It took away the africans rights as people. It made the northeners angry that people were being hurt, abused, and pretty much tortured every day, and that the slaves were pretty much given table scaps of food to live on. Such behavior was not acceptable to them and this controversy eventually led to the civil war.
The River Taff, which is the origin of the nickname 'Taffy' given to Welsh people, is in south Wales.
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant had the nickname of Unconditional Surrender. He was given this nickname as he requested the South to surrender unconditionally and immediately.
It is a nickname given to the Isle of Thanet district of Kent in South East England.
Deep south...