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"The Cost and Significance of the Civil War." // Encyclopedia Britannica Online //. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2014. This is a credible source. I checked it on on EasyBib and created this citation. A lot of information referring to the significance of the Civil War.

http://www.easybib.com/ <<< This is an online citation machine I used in English last year. It did the citation above. Its really easy and quick. :)

"Some have called the American Civil War the last of the old-fashioned wars; others have termed it the first modern war. Actually, it was a transitional war, and it had a profound impact, technologically, on the development of modern weapons and techniques. There were many innovations. It was the first war in history in which [|ironclad] warships clashed; the first in which the telegraph and railroad played significant roles; the firs t to use, extensively, [|rifled] ordnance and shell guns and to introduce a machine gun (the [|Gatling gun] ); the first to have widespread newspaper coverage, voting by servicemen in the field in national elections, and photographic recordings; the firs t to organize medical care of troops systematically; and the first to use land and water [|mines] and to employ a [|submarine] that could sink a warship. It was also the first war in which armies widely employed aerial reconnaissance (by means of [|balloons] ). The Civil War has been written about as few other wars in history have. More than 60,000 books and countless articles give eloquent testimony to the accuracy of poet [|Walt Whitman] ’s prediction that “a great literature will…arise out of the era of those four years.” The events of the war left a rich heritage for future generations, and that legacy was summed up by the martyred Lincoln as showing that the reunited sections of the United States constituted “the last best hope of earth.”"

Green: The Civil War brought a lot of new advancements to America. It was a transitional period for America. The Civil War also left great things for future generations.

Yellow: The Civil War was also "The first" of many things to occur for America.

Purple: The Civil War was written about on several different occasions, which made it among very few wars to be written about. ^^^^ I plan to find some articles or old books, journal entries... Something of that sort to help elaborate this point and maybe extend the other topics of significance. --- Shelby. :) http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/women-in-the-civil-war I found this site and I believe it has some really useful information regarding how the Civil War shaped women from then to now. It shows us, the reader, how the war positively shaped some aspects of today's society centering around the topic of women. Shelby. :)

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/civil-war-innovations/ History Detectives. (February 26, 2014). Civil war innovations

This site displays a lot of information regarding technology advancemements during the war. I know you wanted to use this as a topic, so I found that this would probably be pretty helpful. --- Shelby. :)

http://news.psu.edu/story/143996/2012/12/06/press-experience-during-civil-war-helped-shape-todays-media =The press' experience during the Civil War helped shape today's media = December 6, 2012  "It was absolutely an important moment in the history of the press," said Ford Risley, professor and head of the Department of Journalism. "The practices, technological development you begin to see during the war -- the importance of the telegraph, the use of illustrations, for example -- and the growth in demand for newspapers, so many of these things came together during this remarkable and tragic event." The demand for newspapers in both the North and South soared during the Civil War, said Risley, whose book, "Civil War Journalism" (Praeger, 2012), was published this fall. "The people were clamoring for news about the war," Risley said. "Almost everyone knew someone who was fighting, whether it was a family member, or a friend, or a neighbor."

This site was really helpful while I was trying to find out more about media's effects during the war and the war's effect on media. --- Shelby. :)

[] found some interesting stuff on this website, it maybe somewhat useful. i was able to pick out a fewthings here and there that i never thought of. for example the war "changed the nations economy" it also "strengthened the government." this site also shows some other things besides the "legacy" part which im not quite sure what that means. :)-- danny

maybe we can use my ap u.s. history book for some sources, I'm not sure if we're allowed but i can ask tomorrow-- Danny :)

[] seems like a legit source the advancements in technology shaped the outcome of the war, the war tore many families apart you had brother against brother sometimes father gainst son. many young soldiers died in the battles and wounded would die of infection. " more soldiers died in the war from infection than bullets." im going to try and look for causes which can indeed be included but it has to be brief not sure if you would want to do that or not. i also have an opinion in which im going to try and see if it is a possibility.-- Danny :)

Question: DO we want to speak of the war only negatively? Positively? Both? Not sure how I want to attack this. ---Shelby. :)

[] seems pretty good. i think we should talk about positive outcomes of it and of course why it was the most important to american history. but i can ask mr. taylor tomorrow. -- Danny :)