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When the Enrollment Act was passed to create a draft, why were there riots in New York?
A) New York's economy benefitted from Southern exports like steel, and were sympathetic to the South.
B) New York residents feared immigrants and free blacks, so were sympathetic to the South.
C) New York's economy benefitted from Southern cotton, and were sympathetic to the South.
D) New York residents felt they had already supplied more soldiers than most other Northern states.

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B. New York residents feared immigrants and free black, so were sympathetic to the South

Explanation:

New York had a large immigrant population, and immigrants worked low wage jobs. Free blacks were seen as the main competitor for these jobs and at fault for the cause of the war, thus the draft.
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New York's economy benefitted from Southern cotton, and were sympathetic to the South.
Explanation:
New York benefitted from the Southern economy by exporting cheap cotton, and so were sympathetic to the Southern cause. In addition, New York's large immigrant population felt they had to compete with free blacks for jobs, and didn't fully support abolition.(i took the test)

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