It was the first civil war. Additionally, after the Civil War, 3 amendments were added to the Constitution that made it legal for the freedmen to vote. This allowed for new issues and a new movement to allow women to vote. After the civil war, segregation was implemented and that created the Civil Rights Movement to get rid of segregation. Hope this helps.
Bottom up is
Feature processing
Letter processing
Word processing
Phrase processing
Comprehension
Top down processing is just the opposite.
They relied on and even encouraged slavery, and were heavily dependent on an agricultural economy/society