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Women needed food for their families.

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Q: What caused the bread riots 1863?
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When did Southern Bread Riots happen?

Southern Bread Riots happened in 1863.


Was the draft riots of 1863 warranted?

Yes


What city were people holding Bread Riots because they were starving?

On April 2, 1863, a group of hungry women in Richmond, Virginia, grew to more than a thousand angry women yelling, "Bread! Bread!" They began to break into stores.


When did Cardiff Ely Bread Riots happen?

Cardiff Ely Bread Riots happened in 1991.


When did New York City draft riots happen?

The New York City Draft Riots took place from July 13 through July 16 of 1863.


What caused civilian rioting in the North and the South during the US Civil War?

The South experienced minor rioting due to food shortages and the North had riots because of the North's 1863 conscription laws. No one was killed in the Southern riots but in New York City in July of 1863, the riots were deadly. Mobs of rioters lynched Freed Blacks and burned down buildings. It was the largest civil insurrection in US history. As an example of how deadly the riots were, President Lincoln had to send 20,000 troops from Gettysburg with howitzers to end the riots.


What are draft riots bread riots and copperheads all connected to?

Opposition to the War


Where did the draft riots occur in 1863?

They occurred in New York City, NY


Site of draft riots in 1863?

New York City, New York.


Why did the Petrograd bread riots occur in 1917?

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The New York City draft riots in July 1863 were triggered by the Conscription Act of 1863 and what?

racial backlash against the Emancipation Proclamation.


What was a major problem in the South during the years of 1863 - 1865?

Food became scarce in some areas. In 1863, things got so bad that a group of Virginians, many of them women, looted the Confederate capital in the Richmond Bread Riots, searching for food and taking out their frustration on their government.So the answer is: Lack Of Food