Impact of the Civil War • Over 600,000 lives lost • Southern economy destroyed and northern industrialization accelerated by the war • Republican laws passed • Union preserved – Ideas of secession and nullification defeated – Civil War was ultimate test for American democracy
both the course and consequences of the Civil War from 1861 to 1870. • Effectively employs a significant number of documents to examine the ways that African Americans shaped both the course and consequences of the Civil War from 1861 to 1870. • Provides substantial, relevant outside information taken from the period 1861 to 1870 concerning
List and explain the four main ways the civil war impacted the nation. 1) freed 4 million people from slavery 2) accelerated industrialization and modernization in the North 3) destroyed most of the South 4) killed 750,000 people Which effect of war do you view as the most significant? Explain your reasoning. 2. The War Begins pp 268-271 3. REMEMBER…
· Political Effects of the Civil War. The country was a nation divided, due to the differences between the North and the South's political statuses.
Political Effects of the Civil War. The country was a nation divided, due to the differences between the North and the South's political statuses. The North was a financial and industrial mecca, whereas the South had an agricultural economy based on the institution of slavery.
As a result of the Civil War, which had taken a devastating toll on the country, with 620,000 deaths, destruction of the southern states, and extreme economic costs, the spirit of the people was now weary, and they sought ways to mend the moral and cultural fabric of their nation.
So, sadly for them, the South suffered tremendously because they were unable to withstand the North's oppressive tactics. Along with their decreasing industrial base, Southerners found it hard to mobilize their resources in an economy where slave labor was outlawed. For instance, when the slaves were freed, $1.5 billion of the South's capital was ruined. Northerners, who had efficient railways that carried supplies and Union troops, were able to maintain an economy that supported them on land and sea. Due to their blockade of Southern ports, the Union hastened an end to the Civil War.
As the South continued to struggle, Lincoln helped to shape America's future economy with legislation , such as the Pacific Railroad Acts and the National Bank Act of 1863 . The former law funded three transcontinental railroads, while the latter law shaped the standards for the country's banking system.
Northerners, who had efficient railways that carried supplies and Union troops, were able to maintain an economy that supported them on land and sea. Due to their blockade of Southern ports, the Union hastened an end to the Civil War. You must c C reate an account to continue watching. Register to view this lesson.
Organizations, sponsored by the federal government, such as the Freedmen's Bureau, which was the organization that sought to assist former slaves in adjusting to the transition period, sought to repair the torn fabric of the nation.
During the war, these immigrants had come to Northern cities to work in factories and mills, and now they were frowned upon as competition for jobs. In the South, fathers, sons, and brothers left the land to the women and the slaves during the war.
Some of the political actions taken by the administration of Abraham Lincoln bordered on dictatorial, such as the suspension of habeas corpus and the arrest of members of the Maryland legislature.
An exhaustive list of American political factors during the 1860s would fill volumes. The Civil War (1861-1865) was an intensely complex political period in American history, politics that were not limited to war. Conflict within and between political parties raged on, the business of running the rest of the country needed attending and relations with foreign powers were sometimes delicate. At the political center stage was an American president that history would remember as perhaps the nation's greatest.
The Northern blockade of Confederate ports created trade frictions and political intrigues , and negotiations kept nations like Britain and France neutral. At one point, America and Britain nearly went to war over the seizure of an English vessel carrying Confederate commissioners, but after defusing the situation, Lincoln told his Secretary of State William H. Seward, "One war at a time."
The dominating political issue at the outset of the American Civil War was the effort of the United States to hold the nation together. After the South's secession, the work shifted toward uniting the country to restore the Union. Some of the political actions taken by the administration of Abraham Lincoln bordered on dictatorial, such as the suspension of habeas corpus and the arrest of members of the Maryland legislature.
Other political business continued as normal. Spurred on by the completion of the transcontinental telegraph in 1861, the nation's rapid western growth slowed only briefly. Territorial and state governments were formed and government offices needed to be filled. The Homestead Act of 1862 opened vacant land to settlement and the Morrill Act transferred over 17 million acres of federal land to the states to raise funds for the creation of agricultural and mechanical universities.
The Republican Party had existed less than a decade before war began in 1861, and was a coalition of two factions. The radicals were abolitionists who saw the war as a means to end slavery in America. The more moderate wing of the Republican Party was more interested in preserving the Union while keeping slavery contained in states where it was already legal.