Question

Describe at least three reasons why many scholars and historians think the Civil War is the first modern war.

Answer 1

There also people that think WW1 was the first modern war.
But the reason for people to believe that the fist modern war was the civil war is because it was the first war after the industrial revolution, that also meant more technology and advancement were made, and last it was because these new technology's resulted in more deaths than any other American war.