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neariah24
26.10.2020 • 
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Which of the following statements, concerning conscription laws in the Union and Confederacy is INCORRECT?

A. Conscription laws in the Union and Confederacy tended to favor the wealthy, in the
South there were laws that exempted people who owned 20 slaves or more from military service, and on both sides there were fees a man could pay to avoid military
service.

B. Conscription laws in the Union instigated draft riots, especially after passage of the Emancipation Proclamation; this was because immigrants feared that freedmen
would take their jobs after the war.

C. The Federal government excluded men in the border states from the draft if they
owned 20 slaves or more.

D. In both the Union and Confederacy, the group most affected by conscription was
white men between the ages of 20 and 35.

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