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-Four days of mayhem in July 1863, triggered by efforts to enforce the military draft. Suffering economic hardship, infuriated by the draft, and opposed to emancipation, Democratic Irish workingmen killed at least 105 people, most of them black.
A)battle of Antietam
B)battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
C)battle of Gettysburg
D)battle of Shiloh
E)contraband of war
F)Emancipation Proclamation
G)Fort Sumter
H)King Cotton diplomacy
I)New York City draft riots
J)Sherman's March to the Sea
K)siege of Vicksburg
L)Union blockade

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The New York City draft riots were a four-day period of violence and mayhem in July 1863, triggered by efforts to enforce the military draft. Democratic Irish workingmen, infuriated by the draft and opposed to emancipation, killed at least 105 people, most of them black.

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