what's the effects of american civil war?

Answer 1

More differences between people in the North and The South. Formation of KKK. Decrease in racism and the end of slavery. It caused an increase in U.S. Pride and power.

Answer 2

The most significant effect was abrogation of the Right of Self Determination: the principle for which the war was fought.

The chief secondary effect was enslavement, through economic and legal machinations, of former Confederate populations.

Tantamount thereto was the slanderous and libelous post-war revisionism, whereby survivors of Union genocide were characterized as conspirators in the institution and practice of race-based slavery.

To historians and reasonable people, those allegations against "repatriates" fail on several accounts, not the least significant of which is that "Abolitionist Abe" Lincoln was pro-slavery, as he indicated in his First Inaugural Address in 1861 (just five weeks before the war began).

Contrary to present belief, the general public in the North approved of this attitude: until the 19th century, slavery in human societies was considered to be a normal state of affairs. The much-lauded Emancipation Proclaimation was a document illegal according to the laws governing war, and it applied only to slaves in areas under Confederate control.

The Union enslaved Negroes throughout the War of Northern Aggression ("American Civil War"), not only in Union States, but also in territory seized from the Confederacy. In the States having seceded, slavery was not a function of race: there were (from various nations) enslaved caucasoid, mongoloid and ******* persons, and there were from each of those group "free men."

If I had about 30 pages of space, I could keep elaborating on that topic, but this has already run long and I don't want to alienate the reader. Others have correctly observed matters of tactical relevance -- from carpetbagging to the doctrine set forth by C.P.G. von Clausewitz; to the rifling of artillery, the conical bullet and the Gatling gun.

In the end -- and I say this because I am a veteran -- there is no such thing as a "civil" war.

Answer 3

And of course long-term bad effects also... The weakening of state/local govt in favor of a federal govt that can & is increasingly behaving tyrannically. The decleration & constitution each set down that power comes from the people & small parts of it are loaned to govt expressly to defend the rights of society. That assumes the people can remove their consent if they chose (as states), but because of the civil war we're not allowed to do that & the feds are free to take more & more power over time with no checks or balances.

Don't get me wrong, slavery was evil & it's great that it was abolished, as is racism & it shouldn't exist. The equal protection clause, each of those amendments, & civil rights laws are incrediblly important parts of what America is. Still, it would have been better if the south had succeeded, freed the slaves themselves (as a few moderate generals proposed - see Longstreet specifically), fought on for the other reasons they supported, and then we'd reunited in the same balanced view of federalism that our founders had.

Answer 4

Before the war the Phase The United States are was common usage. After the War the Phrase the United State is became common Usage. Prefab homes, machine guns, better and faster communication, transport, Battle ships. Clauswitz theory of total war surplanted Jomini and Napoleonic manuver repeating rifles
barbed wire, Partisan Warfare, African American involvement in the war and in the Abolitionist movement made them a viable political force.

Answer 5

13th, 14th, 15th amendment (ending slavery, equal rights clause, blacks can vote), destruction of southern economy/way of life, carpetbagging, industrial economy/weak political structure, foundation of the republican party.
Too broad of a question.

Answer 6

ummm lets see! maybe that we dont enslave people any more.think thats about the best thing.

Answer 7

I would add preserving the union...