What Are The Losers Of The American Civil War

One of the most important parts of America’s timeline was the American Civil war. In the American Civil war, two sides were fighting over the same item; slavery. As we all know, the winners of this war were the Northern states. After winning, they punished the southern states. When the South succeeded, they created their own currency, they made a flag, and they created an entirely new government. When they lost the war, their money was burned because it had no value, the government was disbanded, and the flag was discarded. Their way of life, using slavery, was also abolished. Lastly, they had to pay some reparations to the US, but not so much that the Southern economy failed. But how does this compare with the losers of the First World War - The Central Powers?
When the war came to a close, Europe was in shambles. Germany and Austria-Hungary had been utterly destroyed, while the Allied nations had suffered many casualties and lost billions of dollars. It was because of these factors that the Allies punished the losing nations so badly. Even though it was Austria-Hungary and Serbia which started the war, the blame was put on Germany. Germany was forced to pay billions of dollars in war reparations, which left it penniless and on the path to a depression. Its colonies were given independence as well. Austria- Hungary faced a similar state. Even though it didn’t have to pay war reparations (Primarily because it was split up), it had to be broken into many smaller countries, like Austria and Hungary. Lastly, even though it was a part of the Allies, Russia had to give away a part of its territory to form Poland, a border between Germany and