Major European powers fought to keep independent states under their control.Answer:a.
<span>the newly enacted draft law, which was inequitable and would force draftees to fight to free black slaves.</span>
Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1981.
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.
