Why Did Whites Send Blacks to Fight in Cuba

question 15

Multiple Choice

Why did whites send blacks to fight in Cuba?

• A) They thought blacks were actually braver.
• B) They thought blacks were immune to yellow fever, and would withstand the climate better.
• C) They were hoping that a majority of blacks in America would be killed in the fighting.
• D) The whites responsible for military policy understood that fighting would prove blacks the equal to whites.

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