The war, referred to by many in the south as the "Second War of Independence", showed that the reunification was not possible. The Confederacy proved it was equal to the north and was its own independent nation. In the north, spirits were shattered and the economy slumped. Blaine and the Republican Party lost all credibility following the war, and would never win another election and would disband in the 1890s. Nationalist party candidate Grover Cleveland would win a landslide election 1888, and promised to continue to industrialize the nation and revive the economy. Similiarily, Parti Rouge in Quebec would be blamed for the defeat and fall out of power, and be replaced by the Socialist Party half a decade later.