What was the Confederacy's primary motivation for developing the ironclad warship, the *Virginia*?

To launch a direct attack on Washington, D.C.

To break the Union's naval blockade of Southern ports

To create a faster vessel for transporting troops

To establish naval superiority on the Mississippi River

What was the immediate outcome of the 1862 naval battle between the Union's *Monitor* and the Confederacy's *Virginia*?

The *Virginia* successfully destroyed the *Monitor*.

The battle ended in a draw, with neither ship able to sink the other.

The *Monitor* forced the *Virginia* to surrender to the Union navy.

Both ships were heavily damaged and retreated before a winner was decided.

The end of the era of wooden warships

The first use of submarines in combat

The beginning of air power in naval battles

The decline of the naval blockade as a strategy

The *Merrimack* and the *Chesapeake*

The *Virginia* and the *Potomac*

The *Monitor* and the *Virginia*

The ships were powered by steam engines.

Cannonballs bounced off the ships' armor.

The battle was fought entirely at night.

One ship surrendered without being damaged.