Graphing+the+Civil+War


 * **Graphing Civil War Data**
 * Use the following data to answer the questions on the second page.**
 * For extra credit, create 8 appropriate graphs.**
 * Be sure to title and label vertical and horizontal axis on each graph.**

Union States – 23 million Confederate States – 9 million
 * Population**

Union States – 2,250,000 square miles Confederate States – 750,000 square miles
 * Land Area**

Union States -2,000,000 served Confederate States – 800,000 served
 * Troops**

Union States – 360,000 deaths Confederate States – 240,000 deaths
 * War Casualties**

Gettysburg – 51,112 casualties Chickamauga – 34,624 Chancellorsville – 35,732 Antietam – 20,160 Spotsylvania – 27,399
 * The 5 Costliest Battles of the Civil War**

Union Manufacturing Plants – 84% Confederate Manufacturing Plants – 16% Union Iron Production – 71% Confederate Iron Production – 29%
 * Industrial Production**

Union Rail Mileage – 22,000 Confederate Rail Mileage 9,000
 * Miles of Railroad Track**

Union Money in Banks - $189 million Confederate Money in Banks - $47 million || ** Graphing Civil War Data: Questions ** 1. How many more people lived in Union states than in the Confederate states?
 * Finances**

2. About how many times more square miles of land did Union states have compared to the Confederate states?

3. How many more troops did Union states have than the Confederate states?

4. Which side, the Union or the Confederacy, had greater manufacturing and iron production?

5. About how many times more railroad track did the North have than the South?

6. Which side-the Union or the Confederacy- had greater financial resources?

7. Who had more war casualties, the North or the South? How many more did they have?

8. What was the approximate total number of people killed at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Chancellorville, Spotsylvania, and Antietam?

9. Looking at the graphs on population and troops, why do you think Union states were able to raise a much larger army than the Confederacy?

10. The Union had far greater industrial production than the Confederacy. In what ways do you think this helped the Union?

11. The Union had about 13,000 more miles of railroads than the Confederacy. In what ways do you think this helped the Union?

12. The Union had far greater financial resources than the Confederacy. In what ways do you think this helped the Union?

13. List at least two ways in which the Union’s large populations gave it an advantage in the Civil War.

14. How many people died in the Civil War? More than half of those deaths did not occur on the battlefields. What do you think caused the majority of the soldiers’ deaths?

15. The North won the Civil War, even though it lost over 100,000 more soldiers than the South. What do you think explains this? ||