Low-paid New York workers rioted against the Union draft in 1863 because it was unfair to them. Why did this riot happen? Wealthy people were exempt from the draft. Wealthy people could buy their way out

Low-paid New York workers rioted against the Union draft in 1863 because it was unfair to them. Why did this riot happen? Wealthy people were exempt from the draft. Wealthy people could buy their way out of the draft. Wealthy people could pay poorer people to join in their place.

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