Who were the Copperheads?
1 Answer
Jun 24, 2017
The copperheads were a group in the north that were against the civil war.
Explanation:
The copperhead called themselves the Peace Democrats. The Peace Democrats were opposed to Abraham Lincoln and the ruling Republican party.
The Peace Democrats wanted an immediate end to the fighting of the Civil War. They wanted to negotiate a peace settlement with the South.
The Republicans likened the Peace Democrats to Copperheads a venomous snake.
