How did the naval battle between the merriac and the monitor have to deal with the civil war?

Answer 1

The battle between the two ships was the first between two ironclad ships. Either ship could easily destroy a wooden ship without incurring serious damage to itself. The South hoped to use the Merrimac, and her sister ships, to help break the Union's Blockade. The South would then receive needed shipments from England and France. Keep in mind the South was Agricultural based, not Industrial. They needed war materials brought in.

Of course the Union countered the South's challenge with their own iron clads and the stalemate continued.

I hope this helps you.

Answer 2

During most of the war, the North maintained a naval blockade on the South. The Confederates raised a sunken ship called the Merrimac and repaired using iron plating. The ship (renamed the CSS Virginia) was turned loose on the wooden Union ships, who were cut to pieces by the invincible ironclad ship. Fortunately, the Union had also developed an ironclad called the Monitor which was dispatched to knock out the Confederate ship. The two ships met off the coast of Virginia and fought each other to a standstill - neither ship could sink the other. Eventually, the two ships went their separate ways.

Answer 3

It was just another fight in the war. It probably gained historical significance because of the type of ships they both were and it was the first battle of it's kind anywhere in the world.

Answer 4

thet were the first ships clad in iron so cannon balls just bounced off them caused a deadlock in the strugle for power