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A radical group of pro-slavery southerners were known as â??Fire-Eatersâ??. They were the politicians urging the southern states to become a separate nation. These individuals did much to weaken the fragility of the Union and made it their goal to create a separate Confederate nation.
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What did the raid on harpers ferry convince southerners of?
Slavery should be abolished
What were people who werent against slavery called?
Most Northerners were not Abolitionists, and there was no particular name for them. As the war went on, the anti-war Democrats were called Copperheads. These were pro-slavery.
The Confederate War effort was hurt by southerners fierce devotion to?
State's rights
How were Douglas and Lincoln different?
Lincoln was anti-slavery and Douglas was pro-slavery. Both men were backed by business interests.
Southerners name during the civil war?
The Confederacy
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