THE LEGACY OF THE Civil WAR In what ways do you think the Civil War impacted American society, economics, and politics?

Long-term Causes Conflict over slavery Economic Differences Conflict over states’ rights Short-term Causes Election of Lincoln Secession of Southern states Firing on Ft. Sumter Immediate Effects Abolition of slavery Widening gap between N and S economies Physical devastation to the South Reunification of the country Short-term Effects Reconstruction of the South Industrial Boom Increased federal authority

POLITICAL CHANGES Power of federal gov’t is supreme— states don’t have the right to secede Extension of Federal Power— more involved in daily lives of Americans –Income taxes first used— eventually 16 th amendment wrote into law –Citizens drafted into service— conscription –Civil liberties suppressed— habeas corpus suspended

ECONOMIC CHANGES Northern Industry grows due to manufacturing and selling war supplies Southern economy is destroyed —source of labor gone, physically devastated, war debt, before war owned 30% of nation’s wealth, after war only 12% National Bank Act of 1863: new and safer banking system

Costs of War Civil War affected nearly every family Deaths: Union = 360,000 CSA = 260,000 ½ million are wounded— maimed veterans become a common sight throughout the country Money—roughly 3.3 billion spent (5 times the amount spent in 80 years)

Lives Change 13 th amendment: banned slavery everywhere “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.” 13 th Amendment to the Constitution Soldiers return: what now? Urban population grows Many begin moving west Families are destroyed by losses in their families “I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom” President Lincoln