African Americans who fought for the Union Army in the Civil War
a. carried out reprisals against captured slaveowners.
b. served mainly in military support units.
c. included the brave and accomplished 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, which suffered heavy casualties during the Union siege of Fort Wagner, South Carolina in 1863.
d. accounted for less than 1 percent of total Union enlistments.
e. refused to serve under white officers.
Question 2
Which of the following statements is false?
a. By 1773, it was clear that a colonial rebellion was inevitable.
b. British officials granted the British East India Company a monopoly in the colonies to prevent its bankruptcy.
c. Anger at the tea tax led to mass efforts to turn cargo ships around in New York, Philadelphia, and Annapolis.
d. Bostonians dressed as Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor in protest of the tea tax.
e. Some Bostonians supported the Boston Tea Party; others disagreed with the destruction of property.
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