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When the Enrollment Act was passed to create a draft, why were there riots in New York?

1. New York residents feared immigrants and free blacks, so were sympathetic to the South.
2. New York's economy benefitted from Southern exports like steel, and were sympathetic to the South.
3. New York's economy benefitted from Southern cotton, and were sympathetic to the South.
4. New York residents felt they had already supplied more soldiers than most other Northern states.

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Answer:

I think the answer is 3. New York's economy benefitted from Southern cotton, and were sympathetic to the South.

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