Question

In what ways did the civil war expose class based tensions in american society?

Answer 1

-Rich man’s war, poor man’s fight.
-NYC draft riots. Working class discontent with new laws passed by Congress, draft men to fight, turned into race riots.
-unskilled workers, especially women were hit hard with inflation.
-government proved to be a better friend of business.

Industrialists
-garnered huge profits as production boomed.
-civil war divided Democratic Party in the north