Civil War as the Second American Revolution

The Civil War could easily be seen as the second American Revolution considering it brought about significant change in history in the political, social, and economic aspects. Prior to the civil war, there had been a policy of slavery in the South which was a main cause of the conflict between the Union and the Confederacy. In the post-war period, slavery had been abolished which brought about much change in not only the social but economic aspect as well. There are many points from which the Civil War can be seen as revolutionary. In the political view, the Republican Party had dominated the political system for a long period of time. Economically, both the North and South had suffered from the costs of the war but had also prospered in certain areas. The greatest change may have been seen the social aspect where slaves had been moved up in the social order to being freed men and given some rights along with women. Yet, they had not been given equal rights to white men.
The political changes were probably the most obvious, because it ended the great dispute between the North and the South. Although the South had lost the war and was not content with the results, it had given up slavery and ended one of the greatest issues the country had dealt with. Politically, the war had even weakened the Democratic Party. The Democrats hadn’t won elections for a long period of time following the Civil War. The Republican Party had dominated the political system. Its support of protective tariffs gained it the support of powerful industrialists and the Northern urban areas. It was also popular with Northern and Midwestern farmers and most of the immigrant groups, except for the Irish, who tended to support the Democrats.
There had been social change because the social order had been rearranged by the moving up of former slaves and woman. However, African Americans were not placed as highly even though they were considered free, and woman were still not considered equal to