EFFECTS+OF+THE+CIVIL+WAR

• 1. More than 600,000 deaths, including a great president • 2. Union is restored  • 3. Slavery is ended (13 th Amendment) = +4 million new citizens  • 4. Southern economy and land are devastated • 5. The North’s economy grew • 6. The federal government gains power – no more talk of states’ rights or secession  • 7. Discrimination against blacks • 8. Southern bitterness • 9. “Civil War” amendments (13 th, 14 th , 15 th)
 * __EFFECTS OF THE CIVIL WAR__**

• 1. Lost 1/4 of its white male population of military age  • 2. Lost 1/3 of livestock, 1/2 of farm machinery, and $2.5 billion worth of human property. • 3. Factories and railroads destroyed  • 4. Atlanta, Charleston, Columbia, and Richmond largely burned to the ground. • 5. In SC, the value of property plunged from $400 million in 1860, ranking it third in the nation, to just $50 million in 1865. **__•__**
 * __EFFECTS ON THE SOUTH__**