Civil War Technology

 
The Task

 
Your task is to find out the role these and other new technologies of the time played in the war's progress and outcome,  including how the North and the South used them. 

 Use the following links to answer the questions on your worksheet .

The Monitor and the Merrimac


Pictures and information for
the Monitor and the Merrimac
 
 
 
 
 
Question 16

The Outcome of the Battle between the Ironclads


Statistics for the Monitor
Questions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Statistics for the Merrimac
Questions 9, 12, 13, 14

 

 
 
 
 
 

Crew pictures and
Merrimac information
Question 11

 
 
More information on the Monitor
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m/monitor.htm
http://monitor.nos.noaa.gov
Question 17
More information on the Merrimac
Questions 8, 10 (4th paragraph)

 Background information on the Monitor and the Merrimac
Question 2

The Ironclads effect technology and the outcome of the war
http://www.civilwar-va.com/virginia/va-tidewater/showdown2.html (9th paragraph)

 http://www.usvetdsp.com/ironclad.htm (last paragraph under Curious Cases Of Mutual Misrepresentation)
 (4th and 5th paragraphs from the bottom of "No More" Wooden War Ships)

Question 18

 Other Technological Advances during the Civil War