What are some ways that the Civil War impacted the economy and civilian life.

One way the Civil War affected the civilian life was because the money both the North and South was spending was going toward the Civil War, and the economy was losing it's money. Both economies were getting hit hard, but the North's was a bit better.

continental currency was denominated in dollars from $​1⁄6 to $80, including many odd denominations in between.

b.unemployment reached nearly 25 percent.