1. LEGACY OF THE CIVIL WAR

2. Political * END TO SECESSION * FEDERAL POWER INCREASED (TAXES, DRAFT) * MORE IMPACT ON PEOPLE’S LIVES NOW

3. Economic Laws made banking system safer for investors Economy booming in North South devastated. 1860: 30% of nation’s wealth. 1870: 12% 3.3 Billion spent: 2x what was spent in previous 80 yrs!

4. Social 620,000 dead 535,000 wounded Armless, legless veterans common sight for years 1 soldier dead or wounded for every 4 slaves freed Clara Barton (Red Cross) 13 th Amend outlaws slavery (1865 )

5. Technology Rifles replace musket, shoot faster, further, more accurate Bullets more deadly New strategies, trench warfare Ironclad ships telegraph