Government Officials in the North by Annysa Reed https://padlet.com/annreed/d43pdyu1a81l en-us 2018-10-04 16:26:01 UTC 2025-10-30 14:57:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png Government Officials in the North. annreed https://padlet.com/annreed/d43pdyu1a81l/wish/289252185 2018-10-04 16:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/annreed/d43pdyu1a81l/wish/289252185 Copperheads isallen https://padlet.com/annreed/d43pdyu1a81l/wish/290368466 Copperheads were a group of Democrats in the North who opposed the Civil War, the reason for their opposition of the war was to keep peace within the union.

Copperheads impact in opposing the war was stopping conscription.
Political cartoon that depicts Northerners as copperhead snakes.


]]> 2018-10-08 16:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/annreed/d43pdyu1a81l/wish/290368466 Abraham Lincoln annreed https://padlet.com/annreed/d43pdyu1a81l/wish/291328045 16th President]]> 2018-10-10 16:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/annreed/d43pdyu1a81l/wish/291328045 Emancipation Proclamation hhagarty https://padlet.com/annreed/d43pdyu1a81l/wish/291328872 One of the struggles Abraham Lincoln faced was finding a way to free the slaves without making the border states, who were loyal to the union and had slaves, angry. He decided to free all slaves except those in the border states as a compromise.]]> 2018-10-10 16:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/annreed/d43pdyu1a81l/wish/291328872 annreed https://padlet.com/annreed/d43pdyu1a81l/wish/291332597 Why did the government enact a draft law? 
What loopholes in the law allowed some people 
to avoid serving? How did people, particularly 
in large cities, react to the draft law, and why?

This [draft] law is a rich man’s bill, made for him who can raise his $300, and against him 
who cannot raise that sum.
—Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Congressman, describing 
the federal draft law passed in 1863
In this draft law you could pay a fee or hire someone to take your place so you wont have to join.]]> 2018-10-10 16:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/annreed/d43pdyu1a81l/wish/291332597