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Repercussions of the Civil War on the North & South

Repercussions of the Civil War on the North & South. Robby Costa and Katie Fernelius. North. Social, Political, and Economic Effects. Economic Boom. Industrial Giant War expanded the Northern economy Army’s need for supplies supported woolen mills, steel foundries, and many other industries

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Repercussions of the Civil War on the North & South

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  1. Repercussions of the Civil War on the North & South Robby Costa and Katie Fernelius

  2. North Social, Political, and Economic Effects

  3. Economic Boom • Industrial Giant • War expanded the Northern economy • Army’s need for supplies supported woolen mills, steel foundries, and many other industries • Congress instituted first income tax as Northern economy grew, in order to help pay for the war

  4. Political Effects • Copperheads: A vocal group of Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and called for an immediate compromise with the Confederacy • Copperheads were treated viciously by Republicans who gave htem the nickname “copperheads”

  5. Social Effects • Economic boom had negative repercussions because wages did not keep up with prices • Therefore, standard of living declined • When white males went on strike for better wages, employers fired them, and hired free African-Americans, immigrants, women for lower wages • Conscription (draft) caused social upheaval

  6. South Social and Economic Effects

  7. Economy in Shambles • War shattered Southern economy • Emancipation Proclamation and naval blockade isolated the South from exporting goods to Britain and France • Planters returned home to find that the value of their properties had plummeted

  8. Social Effects • Workforce destroyed by the loss of slavery and the loss of men in the war • Republican governments began public works programs to repair the physical damage and provide social services

  9. Reconstruction The period during which the United States began to rebuild, lasting from 1866-1877, and also refers to the process of the Federal government readmitting the defeated Confederate states to the Union

  10. North & South Monetary Issues • Confederacy • $1 Billion • Debt ran over $1.8 Billion in 1864 • Inflation rose to over 7000% • Union • $2.3 Billion • Increased national debt from $65 million in 1860 to $2.7 Billion in 1865 • Inflation peaked at 182% in 1864

  11. Conscription • Forced men to serve in the army • Instated in both the North and South • Caused much political and social upheaval • Due to loopholes in the law, many land-owning men avoided the draft through occupational, only-son, and medical exemptions • Men with few resources or mental deficiencies often sent to front lines • Many states fought conscription’s legality, making it difficult to enforce

  12. 14th Amendment • Prevented states from denying any rights or privileges to any US citizen, now defined as any person born or naturalized in the United States • Expressly intended to nullify the Dred Scott Decision

  13. 15th Amendment • No one can be kept from voting on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude • Allowed newly-freed slaves to vote • Important victory for Radical Republicans

  14. The End

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