Political Changes

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Political Changes
-Power of the Federal Govt is supreme no state
will succeed again -extension of federal
powers did not Lose states rights, only had
more FED power -income taxes first used -accept
new paper currency -citizens drafted into
service -civil liberties suppressed Habeas
Corpus
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Economic Changes
-growth of war related industries
Construction of 1st NATl Railroad, and new laws
about the Natl Bank -Northern industry grew
stronger -southern economy is destroyed -must
be rebuilt 40 of livestock destroyed Much
of the Ss RR farm Machinery destroyed 12
of Nations wealth
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Costs of War

• -deaths
• 360,000 Union
• 260,000 Conf.
• -1/2 million wounded
• War causes a HUGE destruction to ways of life
  family, education, job
• -about 20 billion
• 5 times the amount spent in 80 years

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Warfare Changes
-new weapons rifles better aim mini ball
more destructive trench warfare grenades subm
arine iron-clad ships Could splinter wooden
ships, withstand cannon fire and resist burning
Monitor N Merrimack, S renamed VA
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Lives Change
-13th Amendment bans slavery -soldiers return
to their homes -urban population grows -many
move west -many families destroyed by deaths of
soldiers
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Lincolns Assassination
-Lincolns Plan forgiving peace to restore the
Union -At Fords Theatre just 5 days after the
wars end -John Wilkes Booth -First
assassination of a President
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Lincolns Assassination
-Lincolns Plan forgiving peace to restore the
Union -At Fords Theatre just 5 days after the
wars end -John Wilkes Booth -First
assassination of a President
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Lincolns Assassination
-Lincolns Plan forgiving peace to restore the
Union -At Fords Theatre just 5 days after the
wars end Our American Cousin -John Wilkes
Booth -First assassination of a President "Sic
semper tyrannis!"25 the Latin Virginia state
motto, meaning "Thus always to tyrants." Other
accounts state that he also uttered "The South is
avenged!"
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