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The Effects of the Civil War

The Effects of the Civil War. Political, Economic Social, and Military. Political Effects. Federal Gov. Assumed supreme authority No state threatened secession again if disliked policy State’s rights issue did not disappear, but changed

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The Effects of the Civil War

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  1. The Effects of the Civil War Political, Economic Social, and Military

  2. Political Effects • Federal Gov. Assumed supreme authority • No state 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 over individuals • Est. Income Tax • Accept Paper Currency • Draft

  3. North 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 • Ie. More coal, iron, ships than entire country in 1960

  4. South Economic Effects • End of labor system • 40% of livestock gone • Farm machinery gone • Railroads gone • Thousands of uncultivated acreage of farmland • Drastic 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%!!!!

  5. Social Effects • 360,000 Union and 260,000 Confederates died • 275,000 Union and 260,000 Confederates wounded • Reintegrate back into society difficult

  6. Social Effects • 360,000 Union and 260,000 Confederates died • 275,000 Union and 260,000 Confederates wounded • Reintegrate 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 • In South – eventual development of Jim Crow

  7. Military Effects • Invention of Rifle and Minie Ball • More accurate, more rounds, more damage • Mass assaults no longer effective, Horses no longer important • Ie. Pickett’s Charge • = development of TRENCH WARFARE • Use of hand grenades and land mines • Ironclad ships • Famous Civil War Ironclads – Merrimack and Monitor

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