Consequence: Loss of Life

Question 1

How many people died (approx) in the American Civil War?

Answer 1

620,000

Question 2

This war _______ the world, in particular for battles of unprecedented violence such as ______, ________, S_____ R____ and __________.

Answer 2

This shocked the world, in particular for battles of unprecedented violence such as, Shiloh, Antietam, Stones River and Gettysburg.

Question 3

In fact Gettysburg was the _________ battle up till that point in American history.

Answer 3

In fact Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle up till that point in American history.

Question 4

Gettysburg was a ______ town in Pennsylvania, the battle started out as a skirmish on July 1 but by the end, July 3 1863, involved ___ thousand people. Who won?

Answer 4

Gettysburg was a market town in Pennsylvania, the battle started out as a skirmish on July 1 but by the end, July 3 1863, involved 160,000 people. The Union won.

Question 5

Overall what percentage of America’s population died in the Civil War, and how many would this be equivalent to taken as a percentage today?

Answer 5

Overall 2% of America’s population died in the Civil War, and this is equivalent to 6 million people taken as a percentage today.

Question 6

Of the lost soldiers in the Civil War what fraction died of disease?

Answer 6

2/3 died of disease.

Question 7

The Civil War was the most destructive conflict in the Western world from the end of what war in 1815 to _____ ___ _.

Answer 7

The Civil War was the most destructive conflict in the Western world from the end of the Napoleonic in 1815 to World War I.

Question 8

Nearly as many men died in captivity in the Civil War as were killed in the whole of the _______ ___.

Answer 8

Nearly as many men died in captivity in the Civil War as were killed in the whole of the Vietnam War.

Question 9

Loss of Life

1. ___ thousand died.
3. ______ the world and surprised spectators who arrived to watch battles only to be caught in the crossfire. The battles of Shiloh, Antietam, Stones River and Gettysburg were particularly bloody.
4. __________.
5. P_________ __ __________ died.
6. M___ __________ ________…
7. Nearly as many men ____ in _________ as did in all of ___ _______ ___.

Answer 9

1. 620 thousand died
2. THIS WAS WORSE FOR THE CONFEDERATES, who lost 260,000 Confederate casulties.
3. Shocked the world and surprised spectators who arrived to watch battles only to be caught in the crossfire. The battles of Shiloh, Antietam, Stones River and Gettysburg were particularly bloody.
4. Gettysburg
5. Percentage of population died - 2%
6. Most destructive conflict… in the Western world from…
7. Nearly as many men died in captivity as did in all of the Vietnam war.