The New York City draft riots in July 1863 were triggered by the Conscription Act of 1863 and?

Question

A) frustration with rampant inflation and stagnant wages.
B) anger over war profiteering by unscrupulous businesses.
C) racial backlash against the Emancipation Proclamation.
D) the widespread hatred of General George McClellan.

Answer 1

Primarily by racial hatred, not a backlash, but fear of being undercut by blacks in the job market.

Answer 2

C. Even though those riots happened before official notification was made of the issuance of that proclamation. To make it simple, the white young men of NYC were not going to fight in Lincoln's army to help the "moolies".

Answer 3

C

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But for reasons too complicated for brains in 2007 to quite comprehend - - - blacks were an 'o-k target' - - - jobs had a peripheal effect - - - jobs were always there for the eager in NY and to this day - - - and in an ironic twist if McClellan had been in New York and had restored order' following the Riot he would likely have Won election over A Lincoln, and in spite of Northern Success on the Fields of Battle, President McClellan would have brokered peace giving the Confederacy independence.

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Answer 4

It was c the low income Irish of New York.Thought that with blacks free they would take there jobs.Blacks were hung in Manhattan

Answer 5

c.
Initially intended to express anger at the draft, the protests degraded into civil disorder directed against African Americans.

Answer 6

Rising costs of powdered donut holes and a lack of cottonseed oil from the south.



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Answer 7

C

Northerners displaying their racial intolerance towards blacks.
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