4. How did the war benefit Americans?

The war brought full employment and a fairer distribution of income. Blacks and women entered the workforce for the first time. The war also brought the consolidation of union strength and far-reaching changes in agricultural life.

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.