The United States at the end of the Civil War: the costs of war for the South; the costs of war for the North; the prospects for reconciliation
The Civil War left both sides damaged, but the South suffered far greater destruction. Putting the country back together — reconciliation — proved deeply difficult.
Real World
Sherman's March to the Sea left a 60-mile-wide strip of Georgia destroyed, with farms burned and railways twisted into 'Sherman's neckties' — the kind of total-war devastation to civilian infrastructure not seen again until the bombing campaigns of the Second World War.
Exam Focus
Contrast North and South costs precisely: use figures (620,000 total dead, Southern infrastructure destroyed) to support 'assess the impact' answers.
Essay Framework
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