The Birth of the Modern United States If we look back at history, we can say with certainty that there were indeed many great and devastating events that wrote the novel of American history. But there is definitely a turning point in time that made America what it is today. This was not a world war, but rather a war between brothers and states to preserve the nature of the union and the unity of the nation. This was the Civil War. Although much devastation; both humanly and financially, the Civil War changed the course of our nation to become the United States of America we live in today. The entire cause of the Civil War has been discussed through many views and opinions. Whether it is due to the secessionist desires of the Confederacy or the rebellions to give freedom to blacks; what mattered most was the ultimate goal of the Union struggle and victory. If the North had not won the war it is almost certain that the lives of North Americans would be different. It took the addition of the new Constitution, the supreme law of the land, to ensure that the ideals of the South could coexist, legally, with those of the North. Many of the amendments in this new Constitution represent milestones in the creation of the United States. There were some caused directly by the Civil War. The pending question of black slavery was finally answered when the Thirteenth Amendment was passed. The Fourteenth Amendment established equality between blacks and whites. The fifteenth morning...