Flashcard sets with a 'draft riots' term meaning '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.'

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