The document summarizes some of the economic and social effects of the Civil War on both the North and South. It discusses how the South experienced severe economic hardships due to food shortages and inflation while the North's economy benefited from war production and new financial policies. It also describes how opposition to the war grew in both regions over time and outlines some of the social impacts such as the implementation of the draft, riots in response, and the roles of women during the war.

1. War and Society Economic and Social Effects of the Civil War

4. “Copperheads” in the North "Annihilation to Traitors," screams the American Eagle as it watches various creatures hatching in its nest enfolded in the American flag. Various southern secession leaders are named, while a copperhead snake, prepares to strike at the national symbol. The Union states are represented as healthy eggs, holding out promise for the future.

6. What a riot… Angered by the fact that rich men were virtually exempt form the draft, frightened by the prospect of job competition from freed southern slaves, and frustrated by the lack of resolution on the battlefield, working men took to the streets in New York City during the summer of 1863 to protest against the war. Well-dressed men, African Americans, and leading war advocates were the main targets of mob violence during three nights of uncontrolled rioting. As this illustration shows, federal troops finally put down the rioting in a series of battles around the city. (Collection of Picture Research Consultants & Archives)

8. Treating Civil War Casualties Wounded at Fredericksburg In this photograph, taken outside an army hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia, one of the many women who served as nurses during the Civil War sits with some of her wounded charges. Medical facilities and treatment for the wounded were woefully inadequate; most of those who were not killed outright by the primitive surgical practices of the day either died from their wounds or from secondary infections. (Library of Congress)

9. Civil War Camps Salisbury, North Carolina Civil War prison camps were not all deprivation. This illustration shows Union prisoners of war playing baseball. (Library of Congress) Andersonville, Georgia More than 13,000 soldiers died of starvation and disease at Andersonville, the most infamous prison of the Civil War