During the civil war, the two sides spent $654.38+0.5 billion in war expenses. The North Army suffered 630,000 casualties and the South Army suffered 480,000 casualties. The war showed the power of modern industry, and both sides were equipped with a large number of new-type line-bore weapons, which promoted the application and development of scattered formation, field fortifications and infantry close-pressure operations. Railways and telegrams played an important role, and armored ships, mines, mines and submarines were used for the first time in the history of war.
The victory of the North in the war established the dominant position of the big bourgeoisie in the whole country. The civil war eliminated slavery, thus clearing the way for the rapid development of American capitalism. Implementation of the Homestead Law
It accelerated the development of the western region and promoted the victory of the American-style road to the development of agricultural capitalism. Thus, at the end of 19, the United States became the most advanced industrial and agricultural capitalist country in the world. In the reconstruction period after the civil war, blacks were still discriminated against in many aspects and exploited by plantation owners, but they gained civil rights and voting rights politically and were liberated from slavery. Therefore, the American Civil War is of epoch-making significance in the development of American history. The Civil War was the second bourgeois revolution in American history. Although the number of casualties exceeded 600 thousand, it solved the land problem of citizens and developed the wasteland in the west. Most of the developed land in the west has become an industrial center, which has safeguarded national unity, cleared the way for the accelerated development of American capitalism and laid the foundation for the United States to rank among the world powers.
Limitations: Lincoln abolished slavery only in the southern rebel States. Although these blacks have been liberated, they have not obtained the same rights as whites, and the black problem still exists.