Ironclads-Johnathan

The person that i was to research was John Ericsson. The interest in him first came when I saw the pictures and stories of USS Monitor. While i was looking at the drawings of battles fought with ironclads, i was interested and looked for the person who actually designed the ship. Then i found John Ericsson, man who created the Union Ironclad; USS Monitor. Before the research, I knew that he was an inventor. He was smart, and he designed the USS Monitor. I also knew that he did many achievements to the United States Navy. What i DIDN'T know was that he was Swedish. Then, thousands of questions popped into my head. i wondered what made him to work in American army when he was Swedish. I also wondered what made him created USS Monitor. I knew that ironclads were covered in iron and steel from head to toe. These made the ironclads so defensive and powerful. The USS Monitor also had some special features. The Monitor had a spinning turret on top of the ship. This made the ship easier to attack targets from front, side, and rear.

=My primary historical question is....= "What made him create and build the //USS Monitor// ironclad?"

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-[|Wikipedia] -[|John Ericsson] __-__ __ [|Youtube] __ __-__ __ [|John Ericsson Picture] __ __-__ __ [|USS Monitor] __ " Now comes the reign of iron." -John Ericsson  ** 
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