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Copperheads were a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States (see also Union (American Civil War)) who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. Republicans started calling anti-war Democrats "Copperheads," likening them to the poisonous snake. The Peace Democrats accepted the label, but for them the copper "head" was the likeness of Liberty, which they cut from copper pennies and proudly wore as badges.
The copperheads were a group of Democrats. They were located in the Northern United States and they were vocal about their opposition to the Civil War.
"Copperhead" was a term given to Northern people who sympathized with the south and the southern states' right to secede from the Union.
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Why did many northerners oppose to the civil war?
Didn't like the way Lincoln was running it. Some of these people were called copperheads.
Who was the group in the north that was most dangerous to the Union cause in the civil war?
The Peace Democrats, later called the Copperheads. The leader was Clement L. Vallandigham.
Which of these groups believed in an immediate end to war and peaceful secession of the South?
It was the copperheads that believed in an immediate end to the US Civil War. These individuals were generally young southern colonists that worked as planters and lawyers. They typically were slaveholders themselves.
Why did president Lincoln believe the copperheads were a threat to the union war effort?
The Copperheads were a group of Northern Democrats who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. They were also called Peace Democrats, because they were in favor of a compromise peace. The Confederates believed that if they could prolong the war, and cause enough war-weariness in the North, Lincoln could lose the 1864 election. If so, the South might gain its independence. Unfortunately for the Copperheads, the fall of Atlanta in September 1864 meant that the Radical Republicans prevailed, and Lincoln was re-elected. By the time of his assassination on April 15, 1865, the war was essentially over.
Was New York a Confederate or Union State during the Civil War?
{| |- | New York was well north of the Mason Dixon Line. New York was a very populated state during the time of the Civil War. Many regiments were provided to the Union Army by the citizens of New York. There were those 'Copperheads' that were totally against the war against the South. |}
What were copperheads in the north in Civil War?
Anti-war Democrats
What is another name for copperheads in the civil war?
Butternuts
Who were the cooperheads and what was their view on the Civil War?
The Copperheads were the anti-war Democrats.
What nickname was given to anti-war democrats during the civil war?
Copperheads
What were presidents lincolns opponents to the civil war called?
Copperheads (Anti-war Democrats)
What are people called that apposed the civil war in the north?
Anti-war Democrats ("Copperheads")
What were the peace seeking Civil War Northerners called?
They were referred to as Copperheads.
What was a Notherner called who opposed the US Civil War?
They were called Copperheads.
What were democrats for peace from the North during the civil war were called?
copperheads
Northern democrates who favored making peace with the south were called?
Peace Democrats but there enemies called them copperheads
What did civil war copperheads do?
They were the anti-war branch of the Democratic party. If the Democrats had won the 1864 General Election, it is well possible that the Copperheads would have been able to call off the war.
What was the name of the political faction of northerners who sympathized with the south during the civil war?
Anti-war Democrats ('Copperheads')
