1. Navies Ms. NJ. McCarthy Desert Mountain School
The Civil War
Merrimack
Monitor
Navies
Ms. NJ. McCarthy
Desert Mountain School

2. Union Blockade of the Confederacy

3. The Blockade
South thought that by not selling cotton to Europe it would persuade them to support the confederacy
Consumer goods were hard to get causing the prices to increase
Europe, especially England had a surplus of cotton
Harvesting and growing season did not help the embargo
France and England wanted to remain neutral

4. Supply and Demand Supply goes down Supply goes up Price will increase
Price will decrease

5. The Navies Union (North) Confederacy (South) CSS Merrimac
Frigate Merrimack made into the U. S. S. Virginia
Pros
178 feet long
Two layers of 2” armor
Armor at 36 degrees creates ricochets
Iron ram
Cons
Unreliable engines, deep draft, heavy, slow hard to turn
USS Monitor
Designed by John Ericsson
Incorporated several new features
172 feet long
4-5 inch armor plating
Revolving turret
8 inch armor
Two 11” guns
Small target, shallow draft
Light, speed of 8 knots

7. U. S. S. Monitor

8. C. S. S. Virginia (Merrimack)

10. H. L. Hunley Confederate submarine “torpedo boats”
Sank 3 times during testing
Drowning the inventor Horace Hunley
After sinking a Union ship the Hunley sank in 1864 off the coast of Charleston

12. Crew of the H. L. Hunley

13. The Turtle – Revolutionary War