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ViviCopperheads 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.
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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.
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.
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.
I led northern democrats called copperheads in protesting the war who am i?
Clement L.Vallandigham
