Title: How the Civil War Changed America | World History
Headings: How the Civil War Changed America
How the Civil War Changed America
Unfettered Industrialization in Post Civil War America
Immigration and the Continuation of the Westward Movement
A Unified Nation versus States’ Rights Government
Defining the Role of the Federal Government

Content: How the Civil War Changed America | World History
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How the Civil War Changed America
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Over 600,000 men died as a result of the American Civil War, although estimates by some researchers are higher. Four years of bloody warfare left the South humiliated while the North grappled with sacrifice, eager to close this tragic chapter of history. Overall, the nation developed a new identity, preserving government “of the people, by the people [and] for the people…” President Abraham Lincoln realized this after Gettysburg in 1863 and reiterated these views when speaking of a “just and lasting peace” in his Second Inaugural Address. This was a peace for both the North and the South. Out of this tragedy a new nation emerged, facing new challenges. Unfettered Industrialization in Post Civil War America
The government during the Civil War years forged strong alliances with business groups such as the railroads. Throughout the war years, the North far surpassed the South in transportation and communications capabilities. These wartime advantages enabled the rapidly industrializing North to expand business, out-producing Western European nations like France and Germany by the turn of the century. Industrialization impacted urbanization as greater numbers of rural workers turned to the cities for work in the teeming factories of the Northeast. Because of government non-interference, the principles of laissez faire allowed businesses to operate without regulation.