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What Was the Cause of the New York City Draft

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What was the cause of the New York City draft riots in 1863?


A) Northerners were angry regarding the first conscription laws instated by the Union during the war, arguing that the South had no such policies.
B) Following the Emancipation Proclamation, northern laborers were worried that freed slaves would eventually move north, resulting in job competition.
C) The freeing of formerly enslaved African Americans gave white northerners the confidence to seek greater protections for African Americans and protest their inclusion in the draft.
D) Northerners were outraged that the desperate state of the Union army had resulted in women being included in the draft.
E) Since the Confederacy had gained control of New York City, northerners were protesting having come under southern rule and being forced to participate in the Confederate draft.

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