2 Jan 1863 Jahr - Draft Riots

Beschreibung:

-Union and Confederacy imposed new laws that required all adult men to serve in the war
-two loopholes:
1. exempted 1 white man for every 20 slaves
2. wealthier draftees could hire substitutes
-wide opposition in North and South from working class

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