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American Civil War (Consequences)
Consequences
Social
North
The "sense" of moral authority
A sense of moral vision that shaped their future
Abolished a big injustice (Slavery)
Rise of the Middle Class
Constant urbanization and industrialization during war
Make even bigger the growth of a "Materialistic and Moralistic" urban class
South
The abolition of slavery made a big change in the system
People started the recognize black people as people
Society started to regulate
Inmense material destructions
The loss of "slaves" as property
Poverty increased significantly because of the mechanical loss
A "new birth of freedom"
Economic
South
Destruction of Assessed wealth
Loss of capital because of the elimination of slavery
Wiped out two-thirds of the assessed value of Southern wealth
Ruin of plantation system
Machinery was destroyed because of the war
Plantations in the war got destroyed relied heavily on machinery and enslaved labor.
Devastation
Industrial/manufacturing capacity in the South was severely compromised by the war's immense devastation.
The infraestructure got severely destroyed, plantations, machinery, cities, fields, etc.
North
Wartime developed industrialization of Northern cities
Industries produced the economic demands of war
Produced ammunitions, supplies, etc.
Accelerated factory development
Expanded the markets to the West
West become a principal market for factory workers
Provided essential resources for workers that were pulled to the north
NEW EMPLOYMENT
Negative Impacts
War costs and economic burden
Economic policies or programs
Labor force changes
Political
They eliminate the slavery to eliminate the injustice in their country
Be a better example in the world
Gain even more influence on America
Strengthened federal power
Increased the power and authority of the states
Facilitated Reconstruction policies
Let the victorious North to impose its political will
Political reconstruction was leaded to the Southern part
Reconstruction of America
Objetctives
Readmit Southern states
Secure rights for freed slaves
Rebuild the South economically and politically
Consequences
South reintegrated into the Union
Segregation and discrimination continued
Constitucional Ammendments
13th: Abolition of slavery (1865)
14th: Citizenship and equal rights (1868)
15th: Right to vote (1870)
Reconstruction plans
Radical Reconstruction Plan (Congress)
Gave voting rights to freed male slaves
Placed Southern states under military rule
Aimed to punish the South
Lincoln's Plan (1863) - Moderate
Did not give freed slaves voting rights
Pardoned most Confederates
Sources
https://www.nps.gov/reer/learn/historyculture/historyculture.htm
Foreword
by James M. McPherson
