It depends on when your talking about.... If your talking about during the Civil War the North did not have slavery, and the South had slavery, whats similar is that neither fought for something they necessarily believed in.
The answer to your queestion is Hoovervilles.
He was everything but the general during the war of 1812. Because around this time he was already in office so that happened after not before. Hope I helped. :)
I believe these are called Craters.
hope this helps!
