MODERN AMERICA by Alana Senft https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm Major Wars en-us 2020-05-28 19:30:17 UTC 2025-09-25 14:57:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f985.png Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783) 2473847398 https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599921674 Fought in New York, New Jersey, and South Carolina
Between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies in America
Population: 3,500,000
Service Members: 200,000
Ratio: 5.7%
Casualties: 4,435 Dead, 6,188 Wounded
Financial Cost in billions (1990s): $1.2
]]> 2020-05-28 19:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599921674 War of 1812 (June 18, 1812 – February 18, 1815) 2473847398 https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599922696 Fought in the United States, Canada, and on the high seas.
Conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain
Population: 7,600,000
Service Members: 286,000
Ratio: 3.8%
Casualties: 2,260 Dead, 4,505 Wounded
Financial Cost in billions (1990s): $0.7
]]> 2020-05-28 19:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599922696 Mexican-American War (April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848) 2473847398 https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599926906 Fought in Texas, New Mexico, California; Northern, Central, and Eastern Mexico; Mexico City
War of the United States Against Mexico
Population: 21,100,000
Service Members: 78,718
Ratio: 0.4%
Casualties: 13,283 Dead, 4,152 Wounded
Financial Cost in billions (1990s): $1.1
]]> 2020-05-28 19:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599926906 American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865) 2473847398 https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599935516 Fought in America
Between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America
Population: 34,300,000
Service Members: 3,867,500
Ratio: 11.1%
Casualties: 620,000 Dead, 412,175+ Wounded
Financial Cost in billions (1990s): $44.4
]]> 2020-05-28 19:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599935516 Spanish-American War (1898) April 21- August 13) 2473847398 https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599944628 The United States V.S. Spain
The United States and Spain were largely fought in Cuba and the Philippines.
Population: 74,600,000
Service Members: 306,800
Ratio: 0.4%
Casualties: 387 Dead, 1,662 Wounded
Financial Cost in billions (1990s): $6.3
]]> 2020-05-28 19:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599944628 World War II (1939-1945) 2473847398 https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599953964
Fought all over the globe
the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan.
And the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.
Population: 135,500,000
Service Members: 16,353,700
Ratio: 12.2%
Casualties: 407,316 Dead, 670,846 Wounded
Financial Cost in billions (1990s): $2,091.3
]]> 2020-05-28 19:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599953964 Korean War (Jun 25, 1950 – Jul 27, 1953) 2473847398 https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599963241 Fought in Korea
North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal participant, joined the war on the side of the South Koreans.
Population: 151,700,000
Service Members: 5,764,100
Ratio: 3.8%
Casualties: 33,651 Dead, 103,284 Wounded
Financial Cost in billions (1990s): $263.9
]]> 2020-05-28 19:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599963241 Vietnam War (Nov 1, 1955 – Apr 30, 1975) 2473847398 https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599969397 Fought in Vietnam
North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and North Korea, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
Population: 204,900,000
Service Members: 8,744,000
Ratio: 4.3%
Casualties: 58,168 Dead, 303,635 Wounded
Financial Cost in billions (1990s): $346.7
]]> 2020-05-28 20:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599969397 Gulf War (Aug 2, 1990 – Feb 28, 1991) 2473847398 https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599970085 Fought in Iraq
The conflict between Iraq and a coalition of 39 nations including the United States, Britain, Egypt, France, and Saudi Arabia
Population: 260,000,000
'Service Members: 2,750,000
Ratio: 1.1%
Casualties: 382 Dead, 467 Wounded
Financial Cost in billions (1990s): $61.1
]]> 2020-05-28 20:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599970085 Afghanistan War (2001-14) 2473847398 https://padlet.com/2473847398/r4zom71z6qyaxwvm/wish/599971371 Fought in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Contestants: Afghanistan V.S. US and Britan
U.S. Troops Serving: 8,400
U.S. Casualties: 2,403 dead
Financial Cost: $783 billion through the fiscal year 2016
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