What are some consequences of the Civil War that we are still living with today?

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What are some consequences of the Civil War that we are still living with today?

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Well medicine, especially war medicine, has vastly improved because of the war. I mean with some half a million or so deaths and several hundred thousand more injuries, doctors were trying to produce better medication to help people's wounds and anesthesia was developed due to the war. Second the war gave greater control to the federal governmen, which had gaine to power to decree who could have basic rights and who couldn't, also led to several amendments in favor of minorities.