HOW DID THE CIVIL WAR CHANGE THE UNITED STATES?  ECONOMICALLY  SOCIALLY  POLITICALLY  PERSONALLY The Legacy of the Civil War

Casualties of War Deaths During the Civil War UnionConfederacy Total forces1,556,6781,082,119 Deaths from Wounds110,07094,000 Deaths from Disease249,458164,000 Death Rate23 percent24 percent Wounded275,175100,000

North South Increased industrialization Abolition of slavery  affirms victory of Northern values Federal government of Union strengthened Plantation system ruins Abolition of slavery  destruction of southern culture and economy Strengthening of federal government increased anger amongst southerners How the War Affects the North and South

13 th Amendment: Abolishes Slavery By the end of the war in 1865, Southern states had to deal with a new reality:  Slavery is abolished!  Northern values of abolition and federal government supremacy wins over Southern values of states rights and slavery.

The War Changes the Nation “It does not seem to me as if I were living in the country in which I was born.” Professor George Ticknor of Harvard Political Changes:  After Civil War, Federal government assumed supreme national authority  Income Taxes were developed by the federal government  Instituted a draft for first time Economic Changes:  During war, Fed gov helped business, provided money to construct national RR  National Bank Act (1863): set up a system of federally chartered banks, set requirements for loans, made sure banks were inspected  Northern economy BOOMED!  But the war DEVASTED the South…