USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the decades before the Civil War-a period sometimes dubbed the First Industrial Revolution-a significant number of inventions and innovations appeared, transforming American life.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Civil War used the advances of the Industrial Revolution to foster great changes in industrial and technological development. Both the North and the South made use of advances in railroad and riverine transportation. The Union, however, was far more advanced technologically than the Confederate states.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century had an incredible impact on the conduct of war. Historians often call the American Civil War the first truly modern war. It showed the effects of the technological advances in industry and agriculture, which were to revolutionize warfare.

Detailed explanation-4: -Historically, textbooks have taught that incompatibility between northern and southern economies caused the Civil War. The industrial revolution in the North, during the first few decades of the 19th century, brought about a machine age economy that relied on wage laborers, not slaves.