Effects of the Civil War
pay attention to the incremental step by step way in which slavery was abolished.
Political Effects
Federal Gov. Assumed supreme authority
No state (seriously) 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 individuals
Est. Income tax
Accept paper currency
Draft
NORTH
SOUTH
Northern economic 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
Southern Economic Effects
End of Labor system(slavery)
40% of livestock gone
Farm machinery gone
Railroads gone
Thousands of uncultivated acreage of farmland
Drastic economic 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%!!!!
Social Effects
360,000 Union and 260,000 Confederates died
275,000 Union and 260,000 Confederates wounded
Reintegration 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🡪 Slavery banned
In South – eventual development of Jim Crow
Military Effects
Invention of rile and minie ball
More accurate, more rounds, more damage
Mass assaults no longer effective, Horses no longer important
Development of TRENCH WARFARE
Use of hand grenades and land mines
Ironclad ships
Famous Civil War Ironclads – Merrimack and Monitor