How Did The Civil War Change The Nation?
Corbis; Library of Congress
Lt. Col. Alex B. Elder, left, and unknown Civil State of war soldier.
Political and social impact
i. 13th Amendment: slavery banned
ii. 14th: citizenship for all built-in in the U.Due south.
3. 15th: voting rights for all male citizens regardless of race
4. Women'south rights gain momentum
5. 1862 Homestead Human activity passed
6. Censorship of battlefield photos
7. Reconstruction laws passed
eight. Ku Klux Klan organized
nine. Jim Crow laws passed
10. Federal constabulary trumps states' rights
Medical advances
In many ways the Civil State of war set the phase for modern medicine, providing thousands of poorly schooled physicians with a vast training footing:
11. Modern infirmary organization
12. Embalming techniques
13. Safer surgical techniques
14. Improved anesthesia
15. Organized ambulance and nurses' corps
Cultural legacy
The war influenced our holidays and play:
16. Juneteenth holiday, also known as Emancipation Day
17. Memorial Day
18. Thomas Nast popularizes prototype of Santa Claus
nineteen. Some 65,000 books on the conflict
xx. Films such as Gone With the Wind, Celebrity and Cold Mountain
21. More 70 National Park Service Civil War sites
22. Centennial toys: Civil State of war trading cards and blue & gray toy soldiers
A loftier-tech nation
The war years brought technological advances:
23. 15,000 miles of new telegraph lines, which reached the West Coast
24. Mass production of canned food
25. Battlefield photography
26. Transcontinental Railroad
Everyday things
Wartime helped devise or popularize parts of our daily lives:
27. Can openers
28. Home-delivered mail
29. Left and right shoes shaped differently
thirty. Standard premade clothing in sizes small, medium and large
31. National paper currency
Military machine advances
In what'due south considered the get-go modern war, both sides developed equipment and tactics that would be refined in later conflicts:
32. Minié ball bullets, cartridge ammunition
33. Repeating rifles
34. Beginning machine guns
35. Submarines
36. Hot-air balloons
37. Soldier ID tags
38. Land mines
39. Ironclad ships
40. Trench warfare
Veterans legacy
In its wake, the war left a system to care for and honor those who fought:
41. First national cemeteries
42. Network of soldiers' homes later becomes the Veterans Administration
43. Social care for veterans' widows and orphans
Language
Last but not to the lowest degree, Ceremonious War slang is still with u.s. today:
44. Carpetbagger
45. Borderline
46. Horse sense
47. Shebang
48. Skedaddle
49. Smart like a play a trick on
l. Greenback
Source: https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-06-2011/civil-war-changed-american-life.html
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