The Civil War had a greater impact on American society in the polity than any other event in the country’s history.
European nationalism during the late 19th century led most importantly to World War One. The Kaiser in Germany sought, through a new heightened sense of nationalism, to expend Germany's territory.
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The southern economy depended very much on slavery, using slaves to pick cotton and other things for the farmers. Normally the more slaves you had, the richer you were. Slaves were very important to the southern economy because southerners depended solely on slaves' labor. The families were affected when they could no longer keep slaves so the South was very mad because this was their main source of production. Once rich families no longer had laborers, causing loss of money and crops. The whole southern economy was affected by the loss of slaves but when slaves were allowed the southern economy was booming.
