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American Civil War - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Importance for national reconciliation post-Civil War.
      - Link between military and political success.
      - Need for political stability to advance reconstruction efforts.
    - - Opposition within Lincoln's own party.
      - Criticism from Conservative Republicans and Radicals.
      - Attempts to replace Lincoln by Salmon P. Chase or John C. Fremont.
    - - Response to the Wade-Davis manifesto and Republican unity.
      - Nomination of McClellan by Democrats and continued support for the war.
      - Impact of Lincoln's reelection on soldiers' confidence in reconstruction.
    - - "We go with our hearts contented, knowing that we have a President that will not declare peace on no other terms than an Unconditional Surrender." - Union infantryman
  - - - But apart from the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, the process started by 1865
  - - - White Southerners believed that they had deprived of their democratic rights and placed under control of a corrupt, inefficient and illegitimate Republican governments.
      - Black southerners haved hope and optimism for the opportunity for freedom and civil rights. And have desire for political, educational and economic empowerment after a lot of years of oppression.
- - - - End of Slavery
        
        Reconstruction Era
        
        They gained basic civil rights (voting, equal protection by law, etc.)
        
        Sotherns stripped African-Americans of many rights for a long time (after the war)
        
        Integrated black people as US citizens
        
        Abolishment of slavery in all the US (gained their freedom)
      - Population
        
        More than 260 000 soldiers died and 500 000 wounded (Hundred thousands gained disabilities for life)
        
        Northern vision took over local agriculturally version of life of the South
        
        Generated a more nation like view of the US
        
        Demoralized South population
        
        No serious punishments by the Union side after the war
    - - Damage to railroads and bridges
      - Fall of Southern's currency
      - Destruction of towns and plantations (agriculture grew unstable)
      - Abolishment of slavery provoked a masive loss of manpower
      - Devastation of economy
      - Provoked a rapid growth of urbanization and industralization
      - Took six decades to regain agriclture productivity they had in 1860
  - - - The war against the South, apart of the abolision of slavery also redefined the citizen's rights, helping the ongoing struggle with the rights problems
      - The military conflict wounds lasted for a lot of time, also interfering with the reasonwhy the president of the US didn't wanted the Spanish-American War (McKinley)
    - - The North experienced economic growth because of the weapon and ammo solicitudes, improving production and creating a very long-lasting developed industry
      - But, also the massive request of weapons and ammonition made the North suffer because of the lack of minerals and goods to supply the demand