Social Changes After The Civil War

The nature of warfare changed as a result of the Civil War due to various factors such as, industrialization, development of new technologies, and economic impact of the North and South. Some of these factors had short-term and long-term consequences on the North and the South affecting their land, people, and economy. Short-term consequences consisted of the country being in hazard, no one knew where to live, and blacks were escaping to the north and lost connections with their families. A long-term consequence following the Civil War was African Americans were free after hundreds of years under slavery. Exports also increased because of the Civil War going from thirty percent to ninety-eight percent.
The industrial growth had a major effect on American life. After the Civil War, machines replaced hand labor as the means of manufacturing. This increased the production capacity greatly. Railways were created and they could distribute good further than before. Inventors also created new products the public wanted, and the businesses made them large amounts. The industrial growth centered mainly on the North while the South trailed behind the rest of the country economically.
Among the most important was the introduction of repeating weapons. During 1835, Samuel Colt patented a repeating pistol (the revolver) but the repeating rifle was more important for military purposes, which was introduced in 1860 by Oliver Winchester. Advanced canons and artillery were also important and they were results of earlier advances in iron and steel technology. All these new improvements helped the North during the Civil War, but the railways helped them even more. The railways were used to transport the troops and supplies to where they needed to go faster than horse or wagon. It could mobilize millions of soldiers and transport them to the