How did the Civil War change the North?

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A bloody war costing 750,000 lives freed four million enslaved Americans. That part we know. But how did the conflict reshape the lives of ordinary Northerners far from the battlefields? This discussion explores the dramatic transformations the war set loose in the North's economy—new systems of banking, money, and work—and what those seismic changes meant for the millions of everyday Americans living outside the South. See how a war fought over the future of slavery also quietly remade the world.

🎤 Speaker: Calvin Schermerhorn is a professor of history at Arizona State University and a graduate of the University of Virginia and Harvard Divinity School. He has taught courses on the Civil War for fifteen years and won ASU's two top teaching awards.

The night is designed as a three-part talk experience, with guided table discussions between each chapter, so you can engage with the ideas and connect with the people around you.

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