Effects of War on North and South

Question 1

southern destruction

Answer 1

• atlanta burned to the ground
• richmond (capital) burned to the ground
• southern economy in shambles
• plantations have been destroyed (land)
• slaves (workforce) are gone
• ex-slaves are confused about what to do now

Question 2

north

Answer 2

• economic boom (industry)
• railroad industry expands west
• society has not been impacted in a negative way like the south

Question 3

lincoln assassinated

Answer 3

• 5 days after end of the war
• ford’s theater (lincoln wanted to relax)
• john wilkes booth kills lincoln
• became a martyr

Question 4

lots of healing

Answer 4

• lincoln’s death does not help the end result
• the “family” of the US needs to put it back together
• slow process
• loss of lincoln takes away the leader 0 slows progress further
• amount of wounded and killed is HUGE for the nation

Question 5

remember this…

Answer 5

john wilkes booth believed the south would treat him as a hero for killing lincoln. the opposite was true. lincoln was going to go easy on the south after the war. now that he is dead, no one is sure what will happen next