2.1 - 3) Resources available

Question 1

Population contrast

Answer 1

22 million northerners - 9 million southerners (3.6 m slaves)

Question 2

Southern industrial capacity

Answer 2

Border states of Kentucky, Illinois, Maryland Missouri took away from south’s industrial capacity and population. The population would be 45% more and output 80% more

Question 3

Naval supermacy

Answer 3

Clearly on the northern side

Question 4

Industrial contrasts

Answer 4

• in 1860, north had 6x of factories of south
• 10x southern industrial capacity
• 2x miles of railway track

Question 5

Railroad contrasts

Answer 5

Southern railways were less quality
North could concentrate forces and suppleis
Rail superiority helped maintain war effort by linking factories to military centers but could not lead to rapid victories

Question 6

Economic contrasts

Answer 6

Northern - 75%
Southern - currency became worthless by 1865
Northern economy helped sustain the war while it was a matter of time for south to surrender

Question 7

Union financing the war

Answer 7

• treasury was kept steady by raising loans and issuing bonds, raising 2/3 of revenue
• 1/5 was raised by taxes
• income taxes were enacted in 1861 over an annual income of $800
• internal revenue act of 1862

Question 8

Internal revenue act of 1862

Answer 8

This taxed most items sold and consumed

Question 9

Union economic success resulting in the army

Answer 9

• Well equipped armies
• did not run low on commodities
• no rationing, no attempt to control prices wages and profits.
• no central control of railways

Question 10

South was able to maintain arms

Answer 10

by purchases from abroad and also developing armament productions

Question 11

Confederate resources

Answer 11

difficulties with men, transport and industry, financing the war
however, men were often motivated
territory size was also a big disadvantage to union, and a big coastline

Question 12

US population in 1860

Answer 12

Free - 19
Slave - 15

Free states were growing - 40% / decade
South states growing - 25% / decade

Combined population in 4 slave states that stayed was 2 million

Question 13

USMRR ( Jan 1862)

Answer 13

Northern organization to organize railways in the northern interests
After loss at Chickamauga North used USMRR to move 25,000 troops 1900 km from Virginia to Alabama

Question 14

Direct cost of civil war 1860

Answer 14

total cost in north - 3366
total cost in south - 3286

Question 15

Income tax of the south in 1863

Answer 15

Dominance in state’s rights caused no equivalent of Internal revenue bureau, thus as a result south gained 8% from taxes compared to northern 24%

Question 16

Jay Cooke

Answer 16

sold US bonds during the war, by appealing to popular patriots for supports of the war this meant that north’s credit was better than south’s