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The five days of violence left 34 dead, 1,032 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested, and $40 million worth of property destroyed. The Watts riot was the worst urban riot in 20 years and foreshadowed the many rebellions to occur in ensuing years during the 1967 Detroit Riots, the Newark Riots, and other violence. Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness.
Posted on. (Answer #1). The major significance of the New York Draft Riots in the Civil War is that they showed the attitudes of many Northerners (especially Irish immigrants) towards blacks and towards the emancipation of slaves.Many working class Northerners were completely against the idea of freeing the slaves.t was an opportunity to undermine the then union leadership and protect the white citizens from the looming competition. Instead the aftermath of the riots saw the strengthening of the Union League Club and renewed union of New York's elite and the blacks who chose to stay on.