Effects of the Us civil war
The American Civil War, from 1861-1865, marked one of the most permanent changes in American history; transforming the country economically, politically and socially, leading to the virtual reconstruction of a burgeoning nation. Whilst the war increased northern prosperity, the South's entire society consequently collapsed entirely. Today the conflict remains the USA's most important internal struggle in its relatively brief history. The war's impact on northern livelihood was a positive one, profiting immensely in areas unobtainable to the south, resulting in the devastation of southern economy and the advancement of the north's. The Civil War was largely a product of divergent economic organisation between the North and the South of the United States. Revolving around 'King Cotton', the Southern economy relied upon slave labour to work its vast plantations. "From 1790 to 1860 some 500,000 slaves grew to 4 million, and in the same period, 1000 tonnes of cotton grew to 1 million" [Zinn: 92: 1980] Slavery had become essential to the Southern way of life; agriculture was depended upon wholly and all available funds were used to perpetuate it, preventing development in other industries. "The South's was a 'low capital' eco
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