What Effect Did the Drawing, "Entrance of the Fifty-Fifth Massachusetts

question 49

Multiple Choice

What effect did the drawing, "Entrance of the Fifty-Fifth Massachusetts (colored) Regiment into Charleston Feb 21, 1865" from Harper's Weekly magazine, have on Northern viewers?

• A) It endorsed the idea that racism through segregated military units was acceptable.
• B) It showed that emancipation and restoration of the Union justified the high number of war casualties.
• C) It promoted reconciliation with their former Southern enemies.
• D) It reaffirmed the belief that African Americans were inferior to whites.

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