1. AIM: Were the results of the Civil War Worth its Costs?
End of the Civil War
AIM: Were the results of the Civil War Worth its Costs?

2. Heavy Losses in Life and Property
1 million killed or wounded Cost+ $15 billion South lost most of its young men, farms and cities laid waste

3. Preservation of the Union
Brought an need to the challenges of state sovereignty, nullification and secession.
Supremacy of the NATIONAL GOVERNMENT!

4. Expansion of the Constitution
Due to assumption of increased powers of both President and Congress, the war contributed to a BROADER INTERPRETATION of the Constitution

5. Emancipation of the Slaves
13th – freed the slaves
14th – makes them citizens and guarantees equal protection under the law
15th – gives Black men the right to vote

6. Industrial and Commercial Expansion
War stimulated production in the North
Boom benefited from protective tariff and National Banking System

7. Actions during war paved way for development of the West
Growth of the West
Actions during war paved way for development of the West
Homestead Act and Morrill Land Grant Act

8. War undermined economy and social system of the Old South
End of the “Old South”
War undermined economy and social system of the Old South
Plantation system destroyed – reduced to poverty
Former southern leaders excluded from political power

9. The Reconstruction Period and the Rise of the New South
Foundations of a new political, social, economic system laid resulting from Reconstruction

10. Role of Women
Sent back to traditional and subordinate roles

11. Changing Labor Patterns
South – sharecropping and tenant farming
North – factory workers