About This Lesson
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE THE CIVIL WAR DRAFT RIOTS TO NEW YORK HISTORY?
Objectives: SWBAT analyze, evaluate, source and annotate excerpted secondary source text reading on the New York Draft Riots toward building skills necessary for the New York State American History Regents
Citations:
Bernstein, Iver (1999) The Volcano Under the City: The Significance of Drafting Rioting in New York City and State, July 1863;
Holtzer, H. (Ed.) New York State Archives Partnership Trust State of the Union: New York and the Civil War. (Pgs. 17-33)
The Use of Martial Law - War of 1812 – General Andrew Jackson imposed martial law at the Battle of New Orleans
https://www.c-span.org/video/?122852-1/andrewjacks (11:42 mins)
