Consequences of the American Civil War

3 Constitutional Amendments

13th - Abolished Slavery, 14th - Citizenship for African-Americans, 15th - Gave African-Americans the right to vote.

Freedom for African-American Slaves

Over 4 million slaves gained their freedom.

President Abraham Lincoln Assassinated

President Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Southern sympathizer, at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, just five days after the end of the American Civil War.

More Powerful Federal Government

Settled the argument about which level of government was more powerful; Federal or State.

Violence in the South

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK), and other organizations, killed and beat many former slaves and Southern Republicans during Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era, often to supress their vote.

620,000 Americans killed

The most lives lost in any American War in its history.

West Virginia

West Virginia became the only state created because of a war. Northern Virginia broke away from Virginia because of economic inequalities.