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They needed more soldiers! The North did a draft in NYC but there was a 4-day riot that took place because people didn't want to be forced to join the army.
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Q: Why did the union and the Confederacy need to use the draft?
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Why did both the union and the confederacy need to use draft?

they needed to draft people so they could fight for what they believed in! That's wrong every body


What were the advantages that the union had at the beginning of the war to those of the confederacy?

At the beginning of the Civil War, railroads connected most of the union. They did not connect much of the Confederacy. The Union had more foundries and factories. The Union had far more farmland. The Union had more people. The war would occur in areas controlled by the Confederacy. Both sides saw this as an advantage at first. The Confederacy did not need to change anything. Union factories could change from civilian manufacture to making war materiel. Winchester in Connecticut could switch from making sewing machines to manufacturing rifles. The main advantage was potential rather than actual. While railroad tracks ran all over the Union States, they did not use a standard gage. To manufacture guns at in New England and ship them to illinois, the railroad cars needed to be unloaded or have the wheels replaced. Then they could go on. The union would establish standard gage railroad track so freight could be loaded anywhere and sent anywhere else. That took time. The Union had the Navy. Slowly it took port cities out of the picture. Thus, the Union had the ability to grind slowly away at the Confederacy.


How can you use the word confederacy in a sentence?

The Confederacy lost the United States Civil War.The states formed a confederacy. We joined the confederacy.


What argument did president Abraham Lincoln use against the secession of the southern states?

Lincoln reasoned that the union created by the Constitution must remain intact. While the southern states claimed they had the right to secede, and that might have been true, the Constitution did not allow them to join any league or confederacy besides the United States of America. Thus, he argued, the existence of a Confederacy was in direct violation of the US Constitution.


What are the strategies of the union and the confederacy?

Narrowed down to the basics, each side had a grand strategy. For the North, they had to use their military power to crush the rebellion. In the South the grand strategy was to make it costly in lives and money to continue fighting the South. The Confederacy's grand strategy centered around defense.The North's based on offensive.

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Why do both confederacy and union need to use a draft?

The Union and Confederacy needed to start a draft because both need more soldiers in their army


Why did both the union and the confederacy need to use draft?

they needed to draft people so they could fight for what they believed in! That's wrong every body


How did the union strategy differ from the Confederacy?

The union didn't use turtles as their primary source of food.


How did the unions from that of the confederacy?

The union didn't use turtles as their primary source of food.


Did both the union and the confederacy use African Americans during the civil war?

Yes. In fact, watch the movie "Glory" (starring Matthew Broderick) about the first all-black union infantry unit in the US army. As for the Confederacy, they were more reluctant, but eventually approved using black soldiers as the Confederacy was vastly outnumbered by the Union soldiers and Union-made weaponry.


Did both the union and confederacy use African Americans during the civil war?

Yes. In fact, watch the movie "Glory" (starring Matthew Broderick) about the first all-black union infantry unit in the US army. As for the Confederacy, they were more reluctant, but eventually approved using black soldiers as the Confederacy was vastly outnumbered by the Union soldiers and Union-made weaponry.


Why did the union blockade need to be used?

It was a way of restricting the Confederacy from receiving supplies. It also limited transport between the coastal areas, forcing them to use their rail lines, which were not as available in the South.


Why couldn't the Confederacy use Texas cattle to feed its soldiers during the Civil War?

The Confederacy couldn't use Texas cattle to feed its soldiers during the Civil War because the Union had blocked the Mississippi River.


What were the advantages that the union had at the beginning of the war to those of the confederacy?

At the beginning of the Civil War, railroads connected most of the union. They did not connect much of the Confederacy. The Union had more foundries and factories. The Union had far more farmland. The Union had more people. The war would occur in areas controlled by the Confederacy. Both sides saw this as an advantage at first. The Confederacy did not need to change anything. Union factories could change from civilian manufacture to making war materiel. Winchester in Connecticut could switch from making sewing machines to manufacturing rifles. The main advantage was potential rather than actual. While railroad tracks ran all over the Union States, they did not use a standard gage. To manufacture guns at in New England and ship them to illinois, the railroad cars needed to be unloaded or have the wheels replaced. Then they could go on. The union would establish standard gage railroad track so freight could be loaded anywhere and sent anywhere else. That took time. The Union had the Navy. Slowly it took port cities out of the picture. Thus, the Union had the ability to grind slowly away at the Confederacy.


What did the union use to prevent the confederacy from importing supplys and exporting cotton?

naval blockades from southern ports


Why couldn't the government of the confederacy pay its debts?

The Confederacy was unable to pay back debts owed to the Union as indemnity, because when the Southern states succeeded to form the Confederacy they formed their own currency, rather than use the national currency. After the Civil War ended their Confederate Currency was completely useless, valueless, and not accepted by the Union, and they had no real money to pay back their owed debts.


Why would you need to use a bank draft?

You would need a bank draft if you need to make a large purchase and do not have a credit card or that amount of cash. It is also good if you are a seller because there is no risk of a check bouncing.