What Would the Future of American Democracy Look Like if the United States Won the Civil War?

11 states that attempted to leave the union and form their own confederacy dedicated to slavery were fundamentally disrupting the constitutional order. Conflict over slavery had produced a constitutional crisis. And so this crisis is going to opose three interrelated questions to americans. First, would the union survive? Would the constitution survive? Second, how could Americans fight a civil war within the bounds of their constitution? And third, what would the future of American democracy look like if the united states won the war?