Political Changes

1
Political Changes
-Power of the Federal Govt is supreme -extension
of federal powers -income taxes first
used -citizens drafted into service -civil
liberties suppressed
2
Economic Changes
-growth of war related industries -Northern
industry grew stronger -southern economy is
destroyed -must be rebuilt
3
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
4
Warfare Changes
-new weapons rifles mini ball trench
warfare grenades submarine iron-clad
ships Monitor Merrimack
5
Lives Change
-13th Amendment bans slavery -soldiers return
to their homes -urban population grows -many
move west -many families destroyed by deaths of
soldiers
6
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
8
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