How Did The Civil War Changed America

Every war although initiated for a reason makes an impact on its nation. The Civil War (1861-1865) has been one of the most important events in the history of America. “... and I won’t forget the men who died,…”, says Lee Greenwood. Over 600,000 souls were lost fighting in the war that made impacts on the country that are still visible today. Therefore, the Civil War significantly changed the United States because of the political and social impact, medical advances, and the ending of the pernicious institution of slavery.

The Confederacy relied on the institution of slavery, that was one of the issues that started the war. Abolitionists, John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Harriet Beecher Stowe began to voice to the people the evil of slavery, the Confederacy feared that their way of life without slavery would come to an end. On January 31st 1865, Amendment 13 of the United Constitution was passed by Congress, it stated, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,... shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” The 13th amendment banned slavery,
Laws that restricted black right were being passed, and groups that advocated white supremacy formed. In 1866, laws were being passed by the Confederacy, these laws were known as the “Black Codes.” These laws imposed severe restrictions on freed slaves such as prohibiting their right to vote, forbidding them to sit on juries, limiting their right to testify against white men, carrying weapons in public places and working in certain occupations. In 1865, the Ku Klux Klan, commonly known as the KKK formed. The KKK purpose is to restore white supremacy by initiating threats and violence against blacks and whites that supported blacks rights. You would think that they would move on and come to their sense, but the KKK still exist to this