Political Changes -Power of the Federal Gov’t is supreme -extension of federal powers -income taxes first used -citizens drafted into service -civil liberties suppressed
Economic Changes -growth of war related industries -Northern industry grew stronger -southern economy is destroyed -must be rebuilt
Costs of War -deaths Historians long focused on 620,000 killed. New scholarship places the number near 750,000 -1/2 million wounded -about 20 billion $ 5 times the amount spent in 80 years
Warfare Changes -new weapons rifles mini ball trench warfare grenades submarine iron-clad ships Monitor Merrimack
Lives Change -13th Amendment bans slavery -soldiers return to their homes -urban population grows -many move west -many families destroyed by deaths of soldiers
Lincoln’s Assassination -Lincoln’s Plan forgiving peace to restore the Union -At Ford’s Theatre just 5 days after the war’s end -John Wilkes Booth -First assassination of a President
Lincoln’s Assassination -Lincoln’s Plan forgiving peace to restore the Union -At Ford’s Theatre just 5 days after the war’s end -John Wilkes Booth -First assassination of a President
Lincoln’s Assassination -Lincoln’s Plan forgiving peace to restore the Union -At Ford’s Theatre just 5 days after the war’s end -John Wilkes Booth -First assassination of a President