So basically bud they declared war because Germany had sunk the Lusitania and was therefore trying to abandon the policy against unrestricted submarine warfare
The battle you are referring to is actually called the Battle of the Ironclads. In this battle, it was the Merrimac (from the Confederacy) versus the USS Monitor (from the Union). This was the first battle between iron-fortified vessels in the Civil War. This battle ended up in a draw but represented a new form of fighting that both the Union and Confederacy had to be ready for.
<span>World War II fatality statistics vary, with estimates of total deaths ranging from 50 million to more than 80 million.</span>
<em>Among the greatest achievements of the Mauryan Empire was the creation of a stable economy and trade network.</em>
<h3><em>g</em><em>o</em><em>t </em><em>it </em><em>online.</em><em>.</em></h3>
China and Japan agree to start new era in bilateral ties. I'm not sure haha