The main opposition came from Copperheads, who were Southern sympathizers. Irish Catholics opposed the war due to the draft.
About 1/5 of all northerners
who was the northerner who opposed the civil war?who was the northerner who opposed the civil war?
Northerners opposed Missouri's entrance as a slave state because slave states would have more senators in Congress than the free states would. It would give the South a bigger voting presence in Congress. This issue was the basic cause of the Civil War.
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The main opposition came from Copperheads, who were Southern sympathizers. Irish Catholics opposed the war due to the draft.
northerners who opposed the war . !
Northerners who opposed the Civil War.
About 1/5 of all northerners
who was the northerner who opposed the civil war?who was the northerner who opposed the civil war?
Usually, most Quakers, which is a very strict religion, opposed war and violence. I believe that their were Quakers in the south. Not sure, but I hope this helped!
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.
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There was both northern as well as southern opposition to the Civil War. The Copperheads, who were southern sympathizers in the Midwest, as well as Irish Catholics in New York were the principal northerners who were in opposition to the war.
They beleived it was a civil war, and America didnt belong their.
NovaNet- Some northerners viewed Brown as a martyr, while southerners prepared for war.