Positive Effects Of The Civil War

The Civil War was and still is a highly controversial topic in America. The wins and losses were both great, and many Americans died. It helped set into motion many great things such as liberating the slaves, and keeping our country united and peaceful. Though not all things were great like the, hundreds, thousands of families that were damaged or even destroyed in this war. Almost everyone in the country lost a son, brother, father, cousin, nephew or uncle. No one in America was left completely unaffected by this tragedy that was used to help fuse our country back together. Everyone and everything was changed.
The results of the civil war are clear and undeniable. The Union won the Confederates lost. It was a long bloody war that cost the south more than just the war. During the course of the war many of the slaves were liberated or ran away. While the freeing of the slaves was a good step it was a step that caused many Southerners and especially the plantation owners to go bankrupt. Many southern plantations were hundreds of acres and required much work and a lot of attention to stay in order. In their prime
Part of the reason the South struggled was the fact that they had very few factories with which to produce their own guns, ammunition and other offensive and defensive military equipment. The North could, instead of having to import their clothes, food and military supplies, they produced it in their factories, making it harder to cut off some of their supplies. That made it a little easier on the citizens of the north as well, They didn’t have to give up as much of their normal supplies. There was always the difference of missing men around town and the empty spots at tables and bar rooms and homes just like everywhere else in america at the time but most of the people of the north didn't look quite so ragged or ravenous as their neighbors in the