The Federalists<span> felt that this addition wasn't necessary, because they believed that the </span>Constitution<span> as it stood only limited the government not the people. The Anti-</span>Federalists<span> claimed the </span>Constitution<span> gave the central government too much power, and without a Bill of Rights the people would be at risk of oppression.</span>
During the Civil War, "Copperheads" referred to B. NORTHERN SUPPORTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.
The Copperheads were those vocal democrats located in the Northern United States of the Union who were opposed to the American Civil War. They wanted to have an immediate peace settlement with the confederates.
The Republicans were the ones who called these antiwar democrats "copperheads"; likening them to the venomous snake.
