What Type Of Opposition Did The South Face During The Civil War?
To the Democratic Party, mainly of the South, there were the Republicans, The Republican main focus was on the issue of slavery. Not all Republicans wished to have slaves emancipated. For example, for immigrants to the North this would mean that slaves would take their jobs. Also, there was the popular sentiment of white superiority to blacks. Also, during the Civil War, the South overestimated the power they’d have behind them. Although Britain wished to see the South win the war against the Union, they could not support the south. The reason for this rose in the fact that slavery had been abolished in Britain and supporting such policies seemed like a sticky mess to get in. Some Northerners wished to see the Confederacy rejoin into the Union. On example of this is Abraham Lincoln. Although Abraham Lincoln did emancipate slaves…he did not intend to in his period of presidency. He confessed that events controlled him. He felt that slavery was morally wrong, but he said that whatever
