Aside from Ending Slavery, Blacks Enlisted into the Union Army

question 97

Multiple Choice

Aside from ending slavery, blacks enlisted into the Union Army because they

• A) wanted to prove their manhood and strengthen their postwar claim to full American citizenship.
• B) desperately needed the jobs that military service provided.
• C) wanted revenge against abusive slave masters.
• D) hoped to obtain military pensions.
• E) None of these choices are correct.

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