Medicine
This was the most common surgery that was performed during the war. It took from 2 to 10 minutes to preform.
What are amputations?
What was the name of the Union ironclad warship that defeated the confederate's Virginia at Hampton Roads Virginia.
What is the Monitor?
Since the constitution did not give the president the power to end slavery. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as this.
What is a military order?
the original intention of amputations was to prevent this from happening. if it did, it could lead to death very soon.
What are infections?
This was the invention that was able to send electrical signals across the country in seconds which would the be decoded from Morse code.
What is the telegraph?
Lincoln suspended this when he put the copperheads in jail without trial or evidence.
What is habeas corpus?
The type of bacteria that could enter the body through wounds and cause death.
What is gangrene?
This type of gun became very effective and began to replace mustkets.
These were two of Lincoln's nicknames, he was called by one in his home town and by the other across the country.
What are "Honest Abe" and "The Railsplitter"?
The chemical that was used to preform anesthesia.
What is ether?
This invention came out of solders writing their names on papers and attaching them to their clothes in case of future casualties or deaths.
What is the dog tag?
Lincoln played this role in the war effort, he used it to give direct military orders, control he's troops himself, and do things the president's power couldn't accomplish.
What is commander in chief?
A famous surgeon in the war who is called "The Father of Modern Battlefield Medicine"
Who is Jonathan Letterman?
This is the amount of money that is costs to have a general embalmed tso that his memanes would be preserved.
What is $200?
Lincoln's 11 year old son, Willie, died because of this disease.
What is Typhoid Fever?