Dalton

[|articles/ushistory/ponyexpress.htm]

1) What was the purpose of the pony express? The reason was to deliver mail in a quicker way.

2) Would you have been a good candidate to be one of the riders? Why or why not? (use the information from the article to support your answer) No, because i wouldn't like to ride a horse for a long period of time and deliver mail.

3) Just as the telegraph led to the end of the pony express, do you think it might be possible that the internet is impacting our current postal system? Why or why not? Yes, because we have ways to deliver it faster from the internet, like sending a email to a friend instead of sending a letter. Sending a email is way faster then sending a letter. 4) Write a summary of the movie that Miss Dauman showed you at the beginning of class and put it in my correcting basket at school.

[|Lincoln] If you have time click on the following article and read the story. Answer the following questions.

1) Who was John Wilkes Booth and why was he so angry with President Lincoln? He was the man who killed Abraham Lincoln, he blamed him for the South's ills.

2) What assumptions are you making from the article? Another words, what are you taking for granted? I think he should of never killed Abraham Lincoln, he should of just waited for the next president!

3) How can you check to see if those assumptions are accurate or not? What evidence would you site to support or refute this assumption? You can do some research, that he really wanted his revenge on Abraham Lincoln and he was for sure to kill him.

Once you are in the story please click on John Wilkes Booth's name or Dr. Samuel Mudd. Read their stories and write a brief summary. 2-3 paragraphs about each of them.


 * You may not get all of this done, but get as far as you can.

Miss Hansen