The Telegraph
War & More
Battlefield Medicine
Could be anything
Vocabulary
100
How does the Morse Code work?
It uses dots and dashes
100
How many telegrams did Lincoln send during the war? Be specific: details count :-)
Almost a thousand
100
What happens when your limbs are very badly wounded by the Minie Ball?
Amputations
100
What training did women have who volunteered as nurses?
None.
100
What did Lincoln have that Lee did not?
Strategic Overview
200
Under whose control did Lincoln place the telegraph?
Under army control
200
What is Lee's weakness at this point of the war?
Hi lacks Lincoln's strategic overview (which Lincoln had thanks to the telegraph network)
200
How many amputations happened during the Civil War?
Around 60,000
200
How many women volunteered as nurses?
20,000
200
What do you need to do when you do not understand something like a code?
Decipher
300
Who could Lincoln communicate with and in what city?
His Generals - Washington
300
What kills you if a bullet does not?
Infection
300
What destroys tissue?
A poisonous toxin/ bacteria
300
How long did an experience surgeon take to amputate a limb?
Approximately 10 minutes
300
What do you need when you get hurt?
First Aid
400
The telegraph changed the war: how?
By creating mass communication = Lincoln could send orders and receive updates from the front in minutes, no matter the distance
400
How many times bigger was the number of soldiers who died from disease instead of bullets?
Twice as many - twice big
400
Thanks to the use of Bromine, how many men survive amputation?
3/4
400
Is it true? Thr qrtrs f prtns drng th cvl wr wr mpttns; dctrs sd tw knds f nstthc; mpttns csd nfctns nd nfctns csd gngrn.
Three quarters of operations during the Civil War were amputations; doctors used two kinds of anestethic; amputations caused infections and infections caused gangrene = TRUE
400
An X stands for one word: What is this? X causes major X in X X X
Carnage - major changes/innovations in battlefield medicine
500
In a specific battle in 1862, 6,000 men were killed in a day. Compared to the number of men killed on D-Day in World War II, how many times was that number bigger?
4 times
500
Two-part question! What are the remedies proposed by Clara Barton? What improves dramatically on the battlefield?
Food, clothing, medicine, and shelter. Hygienic conditions.
500
CAN'T USE THE PHONE OR CANVAS FOR THIS! Name at least 7 criteria you will be evaluated on during your final presentation. If you name them all, an extra point in the final Test for your group.
1 Introduction of topic 2 Explanation of Modern-day topic 3 Presentations Skills 4 Connection to course content (history) 5 Discussion 6 Time 7 Works Cited 8 Comprehensibility 9 Submission of DQs in advance
500
List 4 expressions we have learned over the semester that do not have a literal meaning: ex: The Civil War is still an open wound for the US ex: If someone makes you angry, he may light your fuse
To know something like the back your hand To turn a blind eye to slavery The economy was booming Wealth was built on the backs of slaves The telegraphs spread its tentacles across the country Cotton was the South's white gold
M
e
n
u