Civil War Impact On Society

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Impact of the Civil War on Modern Times
The technologies used in the civil war were new and exciting for their time, and many have greatly influenced modern technologies in and out of warfare . One example is ironclads. The ironclads Merrimac and Monitor were the first in the world. The Merrimac had 4 inch thick iron surrounding it while the Monitor had 8 inches. Now we still use this on our ships. For example, the USS zumwalt was launched October 2013. It is also an ironclad ship in our navy. The USS Monitor also had the first revolving turret on top. Today most of our ships have one on top firing more than just the shells on the Monitor. Another example is the telegraph. During the civil war, there were 15,000 miles of telegraph wire for