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| draft riots definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | reaction to the enrollment act; also a racist reaction by some | 4 sets | |
| 2 | conscription act in 1863 forced men between 20-45 years old to be eligible for conscription but one could avoid it if they paid 300 or got someone in their place; provoked anger from poor workers | 3 sets | |
| 3 | were a series of violent disturbances in new york city that were the culmination of discontent with new laws passed by congress to draft men to fight in the ongoing american civil war | 3 sets | |
| 4 | nyc riots by men who did not want to be drafted into the union | 2 sets | |
| 5 | a frightful riot broke out in 1863, touched off largely by underprivileged and anti-black irish-americans, who shouted, "down with lincoln!" and "down with the draft!" for several days the city was at the mercy of a burning, drunken, pillaging, mob. scores of lives were lost, and the victims included many lynched blacks. | 1 set | |
| 6 | a | 1 set | |
| 7 | irish riot because of the drafts since richmen dont have to serve | 1 set | |
| 8 | opposition; nyc demonstration for 4 days in july 1863-100 people died-blamed blacks | 1 set | |
| 9 | 1863-- new york city immigrants started a riot because rich were able to dodge the draft | 1 set | |
| 10 | series of violent disturbances in new york city; were the culmination of discontent with new laws passed by congress to draft men to fight in the civil war | 1 set | |
| 11 | people were angry, didn't want to be drafted, famous one in ny | 1 set | |
| 12 | riots in 1863 by anti-conscription protesters and impeded the process of drafting soldiers, but the establishment of a draft prompted volunteering. | 1 set | |
| 13 | north angry about draft/immigrants attacked blacks and sharp men/destroyed draft office | 1 set | |