The Effects of the Civil War

Political, Economic Social, and Military

Federal Gov. Assumed supreme authority

No state threatened secession again if disliked policy

State’s rights issue did not disappear, but changed State or Fed. Right to determine use of local

resources

Greatly increased Fed. Power Before little impact on daily lives Civil war:

laws more control over individuals Est. Income Tax Accept Paper Currency Draft

Political Effects

Subsidized businesses National Bank Act 1863 – system of

federally chartered banks Requirement of loans, bank

inspections to make safe for investors Change in Industries

Flourished: firearms, wool, wagon, coal, iron

Declined: cotton Northern Suppliers grew rich, ability

to invest after war North production drastic growth

Ie. More coal, iron, ships than entire country in 1960

North Economic Effects

End of labor system 40% of livestock gone Farm machinery gone Railroads gone Thousands of uncultivated

acreage of farmland

Drastic gap between North and South Ie. Before war, south had

30% after 12% Ie. 1860 earned 70% of what

North earned, after 1870 earned less than 40%!!!!

South Economic Effects

360,000 Union and 260,000 Confederates died 275,000 Union and 260,000 Confederates

wounded Reintegrate back into society difficult

Social Effects

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360,000 Union and 260,000 Confederates died 275,000 Union and 260,000 Confederates wounded

Reintegrate back into society difficult Soldiers fighting for 4 years = no education,

occupation, family life $20 Billion spent on war = high fed. Budget for 20+

years

13th Amendment passed in 1865 In South – eventual development of Jim Crow

Social Effects

Invention of Rifle and Minie Ball

More accurate, more rounds, more damage

Mass assaults no longer effective, Horses no longer important Ie. Pickett’s Charge = development of TRENCH WARFARE

Use of hand grenades and land mines

Ironclad ships Famous Civil War Ironclads –

Merrimack and Monitor

Military Effects