Title: Essay about Civil War as the Second American Revolution - 960 Words
Headings: Civil War as the Second American Revolution
Civil War as the Second American Revolution
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Content: In the post-war period, slavery had been abolished which brought about much change in not only the social but economic aspect as well. There are many points from which the Civil War can be seen as revolutionary. In the political view, the Republican Party had dominated the political system for a long period of time. Economically, both the North and South had suffered from the costs of the war but had also prospered in certain areas. The greatest change may have been seen the social aspect where slaves had been moved up in the social order to being freed men and given some rights along with women. Yet, they had not been given equal rights to white men. The political changes were probably the most obvious, because it ended the great dispute between the North and the South. Although the South had lost the war and was not content with the results, it had given up slavery and ended one of the greatest issues the country had dealt with. Politically, the war had even weakened the Democratic Party. The Democrats hadn’t won elections for a long period of time following the Civil War.