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America:TheStoryofUs– CivilWar Advantages WhatmanwillultimatelybecomethecommanderoftheSouth’sArmyof NorthernVirginia? RobertELee AlthoughSouth’sforceswereoutnumberedwhywoulda“bettingman” thinkthattheSouthwouldwinthewar? Theyonlyhadtofightadefensivewarandholdtheirland– theNorthhad totakeit,whichismuchmoredifficult. WhydidtheSouthernsoldiersseemsuperiortotheNorthernsoldiers? Theyhadstricttraining,localknowledge,determination,anddiscipline HowwastheNorthabletoquicklygetsuppliesandsoldierstothe battlefields? Railroad Ifwouldtake2monthsforsoldierstogettotheSouthbyroad– howlong wouldittakebyrailroad? 7days HowmanymilesofrailroadtrackswereintheNorthatthebeginningof thewar? 24,000 WhatotherNorthernadvantagedoesAbrahamLincolnputbehindthe wareffort(thatwillbecomethehallmarkoffutureconflicts)? Industry WhatdevicedidLincolnusetohelpwithmasscommunicationinthewar? Telegraph Whatalphabetcodeofdotsanddasheswasused? MorseCode HowlargewasthetelegraphnetworkusedbytheNorth? 50,000miles America:TheStoryofUs– CivilWar Technology Whatwasthe”new”bulletthatcontributedtotheunprescedented slaughteroftheCivilWar? Minie Ball Whatwasitmadeoutof? Lead WhywastheCivilWarconsideredthefirst“modernwar”? Itwasthefirstwartotakeplaceaftertheindustrialrevolution transformedthecountry. Whatelsehadexperiencedadvancementsatthispointinhistory? Muskets(guns) Whatarethegroovescalledontheinsideofthemusketthatspinthe bullet? Rifling Whyisthatimportant? Itmakesthebulletmoreaccurate. Besidesthenewtechnology,whatelsecontributedtohighdeathrates? Oldbattletactics– openfieldfightinginlines Howmuchfastercouldthenewbulletbeloadedinthenewguns? 8timesfaster Approximatelyhowmanymenwillbedeadbytheendofthewar? Over600,000 Whatdosoldiersbegintodosothattheycouldbeidentifiedifthey werekilled? Pinnedtheirnamesandunitsontheirbacks America:TheStoryofUs– CivilWar BattlefieldMedicine Whatproceduremadeupthree-quartersofthedoctorsbattlefield operations? Amputations Howlongwouldittakeanexperiencedsurgeontoperformthe operation? 10minutes Whatconditionoccurredwhenbacteriabuiltupinthewound(releasing toxins)thatcausedtissuetodie? Gangrene Twiceasmanymendiedfrominfectionanddiseasethanfrombeing killedonthebattlefield– so– If200,000werekilledonthebattlefield– Howmanymendiedfrominfectionanddisease? 400,000 Whatuntrainedwomanbecomesaniconicbattlefieldnurse? ClaraBarton Howmanywomensignontobecomebattlefieldnurses? 20,000 Whatcausticchemicalisdiscoveredtokillthebacteriathatcauses gangreneanddrasticallyreducesthenumberofcasesbywar’send? Bromine Whatinventionallowspeopletoseethegruesomeafteraffectsofwar? Portablecameras Whattechniqueisusedtokeepthebodiesofsoldiersfrom decomposing,sotheycouldbesenthomeandburied? Enbalming America:TheStoryofUs– CivilWar TotalWar WhatgeneralisputinchargeoftheUnion’sArmyofthe MississippiandpushesfromChatanooga toAtlanta? WilliamTecumsehSherman WhatdoesthisgeneraldototheSouth’srailroadlines? Hehadthemrippedupandbentsotheycouldnotbeused Whatdidthegeneralcallhisscorchedearthapproachtowar Inwhichhehadhisarmydestroyeverythinginit’spath? TotalWar HowdidthecaptureofAtlantahelpAbrahamLincoln? ItshowedthattheNorthwasgoingtowinandhelpedhimget re-electedtopresident. IntheMarchtotheSea– howwidewasthepathofdestruction causedbytheUnionsoldiersfromAtlantatoSavannah,Georgia? 60mileswide WhathappensaweekaftertheSouthsurrenders? Lincolnisassassinated
