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They were afraid that the war would strengthen the US grip in slavery and ensure southern domination of the union.
Jeremy Dooley
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∙ 12y agoSome northerners were Quakers, so supporting the war would have gone against their religious beliefs.
Others did not want to see businesses hurt by a bloody land war. Since a lot of trade existed between the North and South, conflict would have thrown commerce into a tailspin, negatively affecting northern landowners.
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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.
What immediate effect of the end of the war was felt by both northerners and southerners?
Northerners and southerners became more angry with each other.
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.
What were Northerners who helped the South during the Civil War called?
traitors.
How did Americans respond to john browns raid and execution?
With mixed emotions
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.
Why did the northerners oppose the war?
They were afraid that the war would strengthen the US grip in slavery and ensure southern domination of the union.
Why did the northerners oppose the kansas-nebraska act?
Because it could have allowed some new slave-states in the West.
Did northerners favor or oppose expansion of slavery in the west?
they opposed it
Did Abraham Lincoln oppose slavery for the same reasons as the northerners?
no ooooooofff!!!!!!!!!
What did the north have an economy based on before the civil war?
The north had an economy based on Manufacturing this made northerners oppose slavery because slaves could have taken their jobs
Did some northerners fight for the south during the Civil War?
Yes.
Why did some northerners oppose abolition?
Because the North was gradually learning the idea of equal rights while the South was busy being extremely patriotic.
Why did some Americans oppose the war?
They felt it simply wasn't their war to get into because the war was in Europe
How many northerners opposed going to war with the south in the civil war?
About 1/5 of all northerners
Why were Alexander Hamilton's plans to tax American people oppose by many Southerners?
They did not want to bail the northerners out.
How did Americans respond to Johns browns raid?
NovaNet- Some northerners viewed Brown as a martyr, while southerners prepared for war.
