Question

Complete this statement: "To secure the necessary troops for the war...."

A) the North and South resorted to drafting civilians into the military.
B) the Confederacy hired Cuban and Mexican mercenaries to fight in their army.
C) the Confederacy allowed slaves to fight in their military – as a condition of them
earning their freedom.
D) the North allowed women to volunteer for the army in order to serve in clerical
positions.

Answer 1

To secure the necessary troops for the war, both the North and South resorted to drafting civilians into the military, and later implemented conscription laws.

Step-by-step explanation:

To secure the necessary troops for the war, the North and South resorted to drafting civilians into the military. As the war continued, both sides found it difficult to recruit sufficient numbers of volunteers, leading to the implementation of conscription laws. In the South, Robert E. Lee recommended passing a conscription law in 1862, while in the North, President Lincoln called for seventy-five thousand volunteers initially, but later implemented conscription as well.