Question

Low-paid workers in New York responded to the Union draft of 1863 by

A) refusing to fight for the Union army.
B) joining the Confederate army.
C) escaping to Canada.
D) staging a riot in New York City.

Answer 1

D) staging a riot in New York City

The draft was opposed because there was widespread feeling that emancipated Negroes would compete for jobs with the whites. They rioted by refraining to report to the job place.

Answer 2

Answer:

D) staging a riot in New York City.

Explanation:

The New York Draft Riots were a series of riost that broke out on July 1863 when the worker-class from Ney York got really angry at the new federal law draft and started one of the most bloodless and catastrophic riots in the US history.