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They were called Copperheads.
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What was the difference between the Northern and Southern Democrats at the time of the Civil War?
Almost as soon as the war broke out the democratic party was divided. The south was all for slavery and the north opposed it.
Why northern whites who opposed slavery and southern whites who supported slavery both believed they were fighting to defend liberty?
You have to understand the war had VERY LITTLE to do with slavery.
Who were the copperheads and how did lincoln deal with them?
The Copperheads was a secret pacifist organisation which opposed to the prosecution of the war, expressing tiredness towards the war and reluctance to subject the South by means of the force of arms. Their leader was the former Ohio's Democrat deputy, Clement Vallandigham, who, after many hamming and hawing was eventually expelled from the United States.
Was Frederick Douglass opposed to the Mexican American War?
No he was an expansionist who favored the war.
Those who opposed war were nicknamed Mr?
Mr. Madison's War
A northerner who opposed the civil war was called what?
A Copperhead, A Peace Democrat or Butternuts.
What was the region of the US that opposed war with Mexico?
Northern abolitionists opposed the Mexican American War.
Who was the war of 1812 opposed by?
The Northern States of the U.S. at the time
Was Douglas a northern or southern Democrat?
Stephan Douglas was a northern democrat
What was the nickname for the northern peace democrats who opposed Lincoln and the war?
copperheads
Since the Civil War the South has traditionally voted Republican?
No, Democrat - even though a Southern Democrat is usually well to the Right of a Northern Republican.
copperheads?
Northern democrats who advocated peace in the south
Was Franklin Pierce a southern Democrat or a northern Democrat?
He was a Northerner from New Hampshire.
During the civil war northern democrats who opposed president lincoln and fought against his policies were known as?
copperheads
What did northern newspapers call general george mcclellen?
At the beginning, Little Napoleon. Later, some of them were calling him a Copperhead (anti-war Democrat)
Conscience Whigs were Northern Whigs Who?
Opposed slavery
Northern democrat who supported peace with the south?
radical republican
