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The Republicans called the Peace Democrats "Copperheads" because they were comparing them to venomous snakes.
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Anti-war Democrats ("Copperheads")
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.
Colonial women played an important role in the bycott.Groups of women called the Daughters of Liberty wove cloth and made other goods to replace imported British goods.
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Peace Democrats but there enemies called them copperheads
Clement L. Vallandigham.
They were called Copperheads
They were called Copperheads.
The Republicans called the Peace Democrats "Copperheads" because they were comparing them to venomous snakes.
Clement L. Vallandigham
Democrats who opposed the American Civil War and sought a negotiated peace with the Confederate States. They were called "Copperheads" because copper was seen as a symbol of treachery. The Copperheads were mainly concentrated in the Midwest and had significant political influence during the war.
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They were called Copperheads.
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