Rations, and limited supply. Nearly every single of the citizens living within the USA during the war had most of their goods shipped away to soldiers on the front. Every day appliances sometimes were even scrapped for metal, being used for tanks and guns. Hoped this helped (:
Many new technologies appear in the radios
The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg. It has impacted society greatly by having information being spread more efficiently and effectively. It also created a more literate society.
Yes, the American civil war was fought because the Confederate States refused to abolish slavery