The Civil War.

"No war has had a more profound effect on the United States of America than the Civil War. It's outcome not only determined the political future of the country but also how American Society would develop. The outcome of the Civil War has affected almost every American living today." Due to the Civil War, 620,000 lives were taken. During the time period, there were only 30 million Americans. In other words, 1 out of 50 Americans were killed. In …

…be the strongest ships in the history of America. And they were. Neither of them could be sunk. Neither ship saw much of the war. Two months after the war had started, the Union captured Norfolk, with the Merrimac, in the harbor. The crew of the ship blew it up, so it would not fall into the North's hands. Then, eight months later, the Monitor sank in a storm of the coast of North Carolina.