The 16th President Learning Activity

A Learning On-Line Activity by Howard Taylor

Authoring, Researching, Reporting and other Work
Learning On-Line by Howard Taylor for his G.E. students at Charleston, Il, and all other students of Lincoln

Questions for each Category

Civil War Technologies & Inventions
The Questions  
 President Abraham Lincoln was very "technologically minded."  He would push for the use of new technologies to help the war effort.   Go to the Civil War Technology and Inventions site to get information and questions. 

1. Describe this big cannon name, its barrel, cannon balls, and range of firing.  Click Here

2. How did Lincoln use the telegraph?  (include the use of secret codes and ciphers to relay messages to the battlefront and to the War Room)   Click Here

3. What was invented to help the U.S. Navy?  Name the ships and describe them.  Click Here

4.  Describe the weapons in this picture:  Click Here

4.  What rifle changed the war-- thousands of deaths. Click Here

5. Tell about how air balloons were used in the War.  Do the air balloon activity.  Click Here


 


 

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