During the Civil War,
a. blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
b. captured black soldiers were treated well by Confederates.
c. the South refused to use slave labor for military purposes.
d. blacks served in the American military for the first time.
e. about one out of every four Union troops was black.
Answer: a. blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
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