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At the beginning, they feared that Britain and France would lend military aid to the Confederates.
Britain increasingly saw the USA as an economic rival, and was pleased that it appeared to be splitting in two. France wanted influence in Mexico, and it would suit them if there was a new nation between Mexico and the USA that was pro-French.
Lincoln took this threat so seriously that he changed the direction of the war on account of it. By issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, turning the war officially into a crusade against slavery, he made it poliically impossible for those two powerful nations, which had abolished slavery many years earlier, to intervene against the liberators of the slaves.
What else can I help you with?
What were Northerners who helped the South during the Civil War called?
traitors.
Northerners who came to the south after the civil war were known as?
Northerners who moved to the south for profit oppurtunities were called carpetbaggers.
Who were the Yankees in the war?
Yankees were the northern part of America to fight in the civil war the "blue guys"
Did most southerners own slavesw before the civil war the war?
Yes. That was what the war was about. Preceding the war, southerners had slaves and the northerners didn't think it was right. Therefore, the Civil War happened. Hope this helped! Mckennaj
Why were northerners and southerners willing to fight in the civil war?
because they want the people enslaved in the south to be free...
What were the northerners name during the civil war?
The Union
What were Northerners who helped the South during the Civil War called?
traitors.
Did some northerners fight for the south during the Civil War?
Yes.
What was used during the civil war?
US, Northerners, Yankees, Blue Coats.
What was the name of the political faction of northerners who sympathized with the south during the civil war?
Anti-war Democrats ('Copperheads')
What was the northerners reason for war in the Civil War?
my mom
What was the US called during the civil war?
US, Federals, Union, Yankees, Blue Coats, Northerners.
How many northerners opposed going to war with the south in the civil war?
About 1/5 of all northerners
What was a copperhead?
Northerners who opposed the Civil War.
Who were the northerners civil war?
who was the northerner who opposed the civil war?who was the northerner who opposed the civil war?
Why did many Northerners go to the South after the Civil War?
Many Northerners went to the South after the Civil War to buy land, because it was very inexpensive. They were known as Carpetbaggers.
What were northerners called who were sympathetic to the south?
Northerners who were sympathetic to the South during the American Civil War were sometimes called "Copperheads" or "Peace Democrats." They opposed the war and supported a negotiated peace settlement with the Confederacy.
