United States History Question of the Day

  New York City Riots

  
Citizens firing at Union troops during the riots
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Question 0110119:

The New York City riots in the summer of 1863, which necessitated Union troops to be called out to quell the disturbance, were primarily caused by

(A) the decision to use African-American troops
(B) the Union policy of conscription
(C) the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
(D) Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus
(E) frustration with the slow progress of the Civil War


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