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A 4 page paper which two factors (conflicts between low-paid immigrants and blacks and discord among Republican/Democrat factions) that led to these bloody, four-day New York riots in July 1863. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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a federal government attempt to more strongly enforce conscription policies by allowing a man drafted to serve in the Civil War to purchase a waiver for $300 (Hauptman, 2003).
Angry mobs protesting this lottery, which had begun two days earlier, and in a prolonged skirmish, innocent people were killed, law enforcement officials and military personnel were severely beaten, and
businesses and personal property were destroyed. There were tensions simmering beneath the surface from two sides - social and political - that were inevitably bound to ignite given the
right circumstances. The draft lottery sufficiently fanned the flames of discord, and the result was intense domestic rioting unlike anything ever experienced before by the fledgling nation. There
were two important factors that directly contributed to the Draft Riots of 1863. First, there was the competition between impoverished immigrant groups (which included escaped African-American slaves) for low-paying
laborer jobs, and second, ever since the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, friction between Republican and Democratic parties for state and local dominance intensified. To many observers, the
draft riots were an accident waiting to happen. In 1863, New York had a high population of unskilled Irish workers who had immigrated to America during the potato famine of
the 1840s (Man, 1951). They found employment as dock laborers and longshoremen that were long on hours and short on pay. As more African-Americans began crossing the Mason-Dixon
line, Irish immigrants feared they would muscle in on their job territory and provide employers with even cheaper labor (Man, 1951). Once emancipation was legalized, the number of black
workers in the northern labor force would increase even more dramatic (Man, 1951). Always looking for ways to improve circulation, newspapers began featuring stories that emphasized the negative impact
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