The Civil War is one of the most influential events in all of United States history. This essay will detail some of the reasons for this, including the fundamental change in the way of life of many people, the complete change in the political landscape of the country, and finally, this war was truly the first "modern war" using several tactics still in use. Today. The most visible effect of the Civil War is the fundamental change in many people's way of life (at least temporarily). As many know, the Civil War was primarily about bringing the Union together and ridding the United States of slavery. Naturally, once the war was won, the Union was reconstituted and the North forced the South to give up slavery. This deeply shook Southern society, forcing a massive change in the way it operated. For example, this led many large plantations, which could not count on cheap labor for life, to close or replace their crops with something much easier to plant and pick, in order to able to reduce the number of workers they hired, which is now actually the case. you had to pay. I...