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using art supplies. Since the numbers of casualties are so large for some wars, older students will be able to do this much more easily than younger students. Younger students might round off all numbers to the nearest thousand. Students may draw the graph by hand or utilize Create a Graph, a free online tool. This tool offers you four graphing options. For this lesson, the bar graph or pie graph tools are best. 5. Students use their graphs to complete a quiz that includes the five questions below. (Note: Questions and answers might be adjusted for younger quiz takers or if rounded numbers are used on the graph.) • How many Americans were killed in the Vietnam War? (58,219) • Were more American lives sacrificed in the Civil War or in World War II? (the Civil War) • In which war did almost 117,000 Americans lose their lives? (World War I) • How many more lives were lost in the Vietnam War than were lost in the Korean War? 3,973 lives • In how many wars on the chart did 100,000 or more Americans die? (three wars)
Numbers of Americans Killed/Wounded, by Action Years Location Killed Wounded Dollar Cost 1775-1783 Revolutionary War 25324 8445 -- (1) 1789 Indian Wars 6125 2156 -- 1798-1800 Franco-American Naval War 20 42 -- 1801-1815 Barbary Wars 35 64 -- 1812-1815 War of 1812 2260 4505 -- 1814 Marquesas Islands 4 1 -- 1822-1825 West Indies 3 5 -- 1832 Sumatra 2 11 -- 1835-1836 Texas War Of Independence 704 138 -- 1846-1848 Mexican War 13283 32 -- 1855 Fiji 1 2 -- 1859-1860 1861-1865 (2) 1861-1865 (2) Texas Border Cortina War 5 18 -- Civil War, North 363,020 281,104 -- Civil War, South 199110 137102 -- 1853 Japan 5 6 -- 1867 Formosa 1 0 -- 1870 Mexico 1 4 -- 1871 Korea 4 10 -- 1898 Spanish American War 2893 1637 -- 1899-1902 Philippines War 4273 2840 -- 1899 Samoa 4 5 -- 1900 China Boxer Rebellion 53 253 -- 1902-1913 Moro Campaigns 130 300 -- 1904 Dominican Republic 1 0 -- 1911-1919 Mexico 19 69 -- 1912 Nicaragua 5 16 --
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