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A Nation Divided. The Civil War. North vs. South. 21 million 4 million 1.1 million 25 15 32. Population Eligible for Military Industrial Workers Naval Ship Ratio Iron Production Ratio Firearm Production Ratio. 9 million 1.1 million .2 million 1 1 1.
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A Nation Divided The Civil War
North vs. South 21 million 4 million 1.1 million 25 15 32 Population Eligible for Military Industrial Workers Naval Ship Ratio Iron Production Ratio Firearm Production Ratio 9 million 1.1 million .2 million 1 1 1 One the paper you are taking notes on answer the following questions Bellwork: What does this data tell you about the who had an advantage in this war? Does this also give you a preview of who will win this war? Explain. What other predictions can you possible make using this data?
War Technology • Ironclads – fortified ships built of metal • Rifle and Minie Ball – much more accurate and deadly than muskets • Primitive landmines and grenades
Civil War Rifle Minie Ball bone wound Musket Ball and Minie Ball
Conditions of War • Poor hygiene • Body lice, dysentery, diarrhea • Food shortages or bad food • No proper disposal of waste
Civil War Medicine • Field Hospitals • Minie Ball wound often caused amputation • Bone saw and chlorophorm - Anesthetic: A substance that causes lack of feeling or awareness. • Little, if any, sterilization – killing of germs to prevent disease • Government tries to clean it up • Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix
Bone saw Amputations Amputee Amputated legs
Table showing how the number of illness dropped as medical condition improved throughout the Civil War
Assignment • There are 6 pictures on the next slides • You are required to do 2 of the pictures • For ever picture you do past 2 then you will earn 2 extra credit points. (Possible of 8 EC points) • On the next slide you will find the questions that you need to answer on the pictures.
QuestionsAll questions must be answered in complete sentences. • What sticks out the most in this picture? • What do you think is happening in the picture? • What emotions do you think the people are feeling while the picture is being taken? • What specific information about medicine during the Civil War can you see in the photo?
Source E • Limbs amputated during a battle of the Civil War
Source F Basic Surgeon Box of Civil War Doctor