The Civil War was a war that divided the North (The Blue) and the South (The Gray). This war not only divided sections of the United States, but also pitted friend against friend, brother against brother, and father against son.
The South went through a drastic change after the war. This war forever changed life in the south both on a social level and economic level. Their labor force, based on slavery, was disbanded and "freed", and the large plantation life, as it was known, was destroyed. The South was in a shambles after the Total War Sherman and others imposed on the South destroyed what little roads and rail systems there were, as well as, their land and homes.
As mentioned above, the Civil War ended slavery as a means of labor in the South, but did not end discrimination in the United States. In fact, after the Civil War discrimination against African Americans increased and unfortunately the freedom and equality they wanted so badly would not come for about another 100 years. |
