Review the mate- rial in Chapters 14 and 15, on the Civil War and its aftermath, and then write an essay in which you explain how changes in American society during the Civil War and Reconstruction laid the ground- work for new controversies in the areas of race rela- tions, reform, science, and religious faith.
ACROSS TIME AND PLACE This chapter explains cultural transformation as largely the result of industrialization. That’s true, but it’s not the whole story: the Civil War also helped bring about change. Organizers of the WCTU, for ex- ample, were distressed by alcoholism among the industrial working class but also by the plight of veterans, some of whom anaesthetized their war wounds through heavy drinking. Review the mate- rial in Chapters 14 and 15, on the Civil War and its aftermath, and then write an essay in which you explain how changes in American society during the Civil War and Reconstruction laid the ground- work for new controversies in the areas of race rela- tions, reform, science, and religious faith.
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