What types of discrimination did black soldiers face during the war?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
The ideal answer should:
1. Describe the attitude of northern white people to black soldiers.
2. Point out that it was assumed that African Americans would serve in segregated units led by white officers, and note that many white officers had a poor opinion of black troops.
3. Note that many military officials did not think black soldiers were fit for combat and assigned them noncombat roles.
4. Describe inequities in pay and the response of black soldiers to those inequities.
5. Conclude that, despite the Emancipation Proclamation, white racism still prevailed in the Union army.
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A) John Adams. B) Thomas Jefferson. C) George Washington. D) Thomas Paine.
After defeating Custer at Little Big Horn, Sioux chief Sitting Bull said:
A) "Now they will leave us alone forever." B) "Now they will never let us rest." C) "Now all the whites will leave." D) "We are a free people now."
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A) stenographing B) shopkeeping C) accounting D) nursing E) teaching
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A) The colonists feared Catholicism would be coming to dominate the colonies in North America. B) The colonists resented the undesired royal merger of the colonies by James II as well as the king and the royal governor who were enforcing it. C) The colonists believed Mary and Prince William of Orange, rulers of the Netherlands, would be more benevolent and less authoritarian rulers of the colonies. D) The colonists no longer believed that the English monarchy had an authority to rule over the colonies.