Impact of The Civil War

By the 1860s, cotton was no longer ôkingö in the South, and many SouthernerÆs were calling for a more diversified economy. There was an increasing move from a farm economy to an industrial one, and the industrialization of the South with increased capital investment in the Southern economy was endorsed by many. At the same time, Anglo-Americans were now settling millions of acres and overcoming resistance from Native Americans in the Indian Wars. The Civil War was about much more than slavery, and the issue of slavery was much more complex than many realize. Slavery was responsible for the rise of modernity, the growth of instrumental nationality, perceptions of racial identity, the spread of market relations, wage-labor development, growing commerce and communication, the birth of consumer societies, and individualist sensibility.

The likes of Henry Carey believed strongly in protectionism, believing that ôThe object of protection is that of securing a demand for labour, and its tendency is to produce equality of condition...the abolition of protection [has] invariably tended to the production of inequalityö (Document A). He pointed out that wealthy capitalists do not fear change because they usually come out of it for the better, while small businessmen are often ruined by change. The wealthy can borrow at low rates of interest to get back on t

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North tried to convince the South to adopt the Republican form of government, with free labor and equal rights, but they held strongly to their Democratic principles. The Reconstruction Act was passed in 1867 over President JohnsonÆs veto, and included the 14th Amendment, which protected the rights of Southern Blacks and restricted the power of former Confederates. It also added to the Constitution the definition of a U.S. citizen, which barred states from abridging ôthe privileges or immunities of citizensö or depriving ôany person of life, liberty or property without due process of law.ö The 15th Amendment, passed in 1869, gave Blacks the right to vote, and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 barred discrimination by hotels, theaters, and railroads. Blacks, now free, became politically active in the South, and many held public office, most of them as members of the Republican party. The Republican government was responsible for establishing a public school system in the South, though it was racially segregated. However, it was unsuccessful in achieving two of its primary goals: redistribution of plantation lands to former slaves and poor Whites, and a prolonged federal supervision of the former Confederate states. There was muc
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