Theme 5: Effects of the War
While Confederate General Robert E. Lee did formally surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia (a city, not an actual courthouse!), the Civil War did not simply just end in the minds of Northerners and Southerners alike. The true War between the States was now a war of ideas and identity. The grandiose battles of the past four years may have come to an end, but Americans, both black and white, would suffer for years in various ways.
The Civil War created multiple short and long-term effects (some good, many terrible):
Consult pages 540-543 in your textbook for other details.
The Civil War created multiple short and long-term effects (some good, many terrible):
- ~620,000 Americans lost their lives to battle, disease, and injury
- Slavery was permanently ended in the South due to the Emancipation Proclamation and in other states with the passing of the 13th amendment in January of 1865
- Former slaves, suddenly freed, had no jobs or homes
- The South was virtually destroyed, farms were ruined, cities burned to the ground, families torn apart
- Incredible amount of hostility between North and South
Consult pages 540-543 in your textbook for other details.
Why did the North win the Civil War?
Union Advantages
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Confederate Disadvantages
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