Students will need two color pencils for these bar graphs.  Green and orange are good choices.  Students should study the table, then neatly draw bars of the correct length to graphically show the data.
   Since both graphs show data for the North and the South, use the same color scheme for both.

What the Chart Shows

   These bar graphs show that the South was at a big disadvantage in both manpower and industrial capacity as the Civil War began. 
   Southern leaders were certainly aware of such statistics.  They hoped, however, to win the war quickly, before the advantages of the North could be brought fully to bear. 
   The South also hoped to obtain much of what it needed to wage war from the cotton trade with Europe.  The North effectively squashed that hope by blockading Southern ports. 
     The South had some advantages of its own, such as remarkably talented military leaders.  In addition, the South was mostly fighting on its own familiar territory.  Over time, however, the tremendous advantages in manpower and material held by the North began to show.

   Students will need a # 2 pencil and three color pencils to complete this chart.  Red, yellow, and green are good. 
   Students should study the table carefully.  There is more information than is needed to complete the graphs, so students must follow the directions carefully. 
   The best approach is to follow the directions one step at a time.  First, fill in the figure for the total military forces for each side.  Then find the percent of each side's forces that died from wounds, and the percent that died from disease.  Do this for one side at a time so you don't become confused!  Place the figures, with a "%" sign, beside the correct pie segments. 
   Finally, use red for the segments that show deaths from wounds, yellow for deaths from disease, and green for the remaining forces.  Don't forget to color the key to match.

What the Chart Shows

   This chart shows that for both the North and the South, disease was by far the biggest killer.  Medicine had made some advances by 1861, including anesthesia.  But doctors did not understand the causes of disease, and therefore could do little to cure or prevent them.