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I think one of the most interesting culture shifts of the Civil War is the focus from Northern or Southern survival in terms of what they produce economically to a focus on how much one can produce to aid the war effort. Especially in the South, I think that this shift to internal mobilization had a large impact on the way the culture progressed as the war dragged on. Men of influence could no longer focus on making money, plantation owners and small farm owners were off fighting and women were now, not only running farms and plantations, but they were involved in wartime production as well. -Kelly W. | I think one of the most interesting culture shifts of the Civil War is the focus from Northern or Southern survival in terms of what they produce economically to a focus on how much one can produce to aid the war effort. Especially in the South, I think that this shift to internal mobilization had a large impact on the way the culture progressed as the war dragged on. Men of influence could no longer focus on making money, plantation owners and small farm owners were off fighting and women were now, not only running farms and plantations, but they were involved in wartime production as well. -Kelly W. | ||
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| + | Going off of what was said before, I find it very interesting that while the women were able to become amazingly independent in stepping up and supporting their off-to-war husbands, they still found it necessary to have every proceeding of their various meetings opened and closed with the prayer of a male minister. Was this something that the women felt they could not do themselves? There are various prayers that can be said by the layperson, after all... -Cash | ||
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