<span>By November 1818, the Central Powers were close to finished and 10 million lives were lost. Nations were created and reorganized during the war, and those agreeing to a truce, and signing the peace treaty would have to pay reparations. Many weren't prepared to do that.</span>
The invention of the paint tube allowed impressionist artists to take their work outside.
81% of employed Irish-born women in the US worked as domestics.
<span>The hardships increased or intensified for other reasons as well. As an agricultural region, the South had more difficulty than the North in manufacturing needed goods--for both its soldiers and its civilians. One result was that Southern civilians probably had to make more real sacrifices during the war than Northern civilians did. In addition, part of Union war strategy was to use the Navy to blockade Southern ports. The Union hoped to stop the flow of goods between the South and other countries and strangle its foe economically.</span>
