Consequences of Industrialization After the Civil War, the American economy was growing more and more and industrialized. The three most significant consequences of the industrialization of the American economy after the Civil War were new inventions, transportations, and capitalism. One of the most significant consequences of the industrialization were new inventions. New inventions allowed people to do things more efficiently than before (class lecture).…
The benefits of the industrialization in America were ideas of having multifarious modes of commuting and being able to have a better and cheaper way of getting around. Negatives of industrialization were more focused on the change in the workplace for many people. The conditions of having children and woman working in factories and not being able to have the freedom they desired and not living life as they pleased, restricted enjoyments of life. Children weren’t allowed to have free time nor were they able to go to school due to being assigned to only working in the factories. These changes allowed America to alter what was need to be changed and accept the things that needed to be accepted.…
Overall, the Civil War was a result of economic and moral…
How technology changed the American civil war The American civil war was a great event in American history. While the revolutionary war created the United States, the civil war determined what kind of nation it would be. The American civil war was caused by the issue of slavery.…
Several pivotal events and turns faced during the post-civil war period in the 1860s that America experienced several good and bad events which helped push along its evolution. Factors include immigration, industrialization and racial bigotry coming from several previous slavery states in the south. The country was divided until the Civil War came to an end at Appomattox courthouse when the South surrendered to the North. By 1915, a prosperous America had been started to be built with the help of inequality of wealth, exploitation of citizens, and government policies and many variety of events.…
Generally recognized as the “Second Industrial Revolution after the Civil War, the era lasted around 1870-1914, a time when America’s economy considerably grew. During this time, American manufacturing production considerably grew, railroad miles tripled, and production in coal mining and steel boomed. The industrial transformation during the post-Civil War era provided many consequences, both costs and benefits, ultimately developing America’s economy. The industrial revolution during the post-Civil War era gave many benefits.…
Coming out of the Civil War both the North and South were devastated emotionally, physically, and economically. To make matters worse, the assassination of President Lincoln threw a nation beginning to become whole again into the arms of untested leaders in Washington. While the government sought to reconstruct the South, the North was spurred into unprecedented economic growth and industrialization by the barons of industry who expanded their respective industries while simultaneously monopolizing them under the turned eye of a corrupt government system. As this era began to shovel the laboring and farming class deeper into their graves, new movements grew to fight for their rights as populists and progressives. This growth can be traced back…
In the 1800’s, the United States was divided and vulnerable, as a result of opposing beliefs and philosophies in the north and the south, particularly surrounding slavery. The nation was divided into Yankees, who occupied the northern states and opposed slavery, and Confederates, consisting of those in the southern states who exploited the slave trade. The American Civil War was a detrimental consequence of this conflict and opposition of views, which had both short term and enduring effects on American society and lifestyle. Prior to the Civil War in 1861, American was a nation divided by philosophies; the north and the south. The South strongly believed in States’ Rights, where power is held by individual states.…
Reconstruction was one of the biggest failures in United States History. It was supposed to be one of the most important things to happen to the country after the Civil War, but due to the lack of good leadership, and difficulty of a good compromise between the Democrats and the Republicans, it became a lost cause. The failure of Reconstruction definitely did affect the recently freed African Americans and Republicans. The Civil War was one of the most important events in United States History.…
The United States matured and grew as a whole, and slavery was abolished which made the United States a free country. 620,000 people died throughout the Civil War. The soldiers had to get used to seeing all of the dead people on the battlefield. It is very rough to see an abundance of dead soldiers. They had to mature and adapt to be able to cope with the differences between military and civilian…
The American Civil War took place between the Union and the Confederate and the Chinese Civil War of 1946-1949 took place between Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Both played important roles in countries’ history, the American Civil War and the Chinese Civil War of 1946-1949 have some similarity such as the effects and consequences of the war, but the purpose of the war and the treatment toward citizens during the war time are different. In fact, both the American Civil War and the Chinese Civil War of 1946-1949 are important to the unity and future development of the nation. The American Civil War was between the Northern States and the Southern States.…
After a war that divided the nation into two and claimed the lives of thousands of men, the country was devastated. The relations between the North and South had crumbled, causing the country to desperately need reunification. Many changes were made in American society after the Civil War in an attempt to reunify the United States and improve the country as a whole; however, these changes were primarily detrimental to society. These changes developed across eras in American history, including reconstruction, westward expansion, and industrialization. The following periods American history incited an incorrigible level of exploitation that ultimately governed the rest of the country during the respective period and afterwards: reconstruction…
The Civil War had a positive impact on the way the United States views Liberty and Equality. There were many major events during the Civil War that had a major impact on the amount of rights given to African Americans after the War. African American slaves had little to no rights during the war, and one document called The Emancipation Proclamation followed by the thirteenth Amendment changed the way African Americans are treated today. The Civil War was between the North, a manufacturing industry, and the South, which was a major farming and slavery business.…
Industrialization after the Civil War The industrialization that occurred shortly after the civil war in America brought many changes to the American economy and society. Three main aspects of industrialization that influenced the U.S economy and society were the construction of the railroad, the formation of labor unions and changes in agriculture. In addition, several groups of people were affected by the industrialization; this includes women, immigrants, and African Americans. Industrialization had both positive and negative effects on the average life of working Americans during this period as people were forced to work for many hours and live in big cities that were exposed to environmental hazards such as smoke from factories.…
There have been trends that shaped America and helped it to grow. These trends boosted populations in other parts of the United States that were rural and then became urban. A lot of the growth came from new technologies such as low-cost transportation. We will learn what it took to get some of the newer cities going.…