Political and Economic Changes in the North
By Samantha Arends
They split the Democratic party’s. The Democrats were critical on the way the republicans were running the war. The peace Democrats wanted to stop the war immediately. The wanted to reunite the states with negotiation. Mainly in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio the peace democrats were viewed as traitor. They were also known as the copperheads after a snake. Just like in the south when the north disagreed with the war the would help the confederate prisoners of the war escape. Some people in the north believe that the peace Democrats encouraged the south to keep the war going because they think that we will give up and try to negotiate. Lincoln suspended some rights of the citizens. He suspended the rights to a trail. If you commit a crime you do not get a trail you go right to prison. This made the citizens mad they wanted their rights to a trail.