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folubunmi

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During the Civil War, northern African American leaders such as Frederick Douglass worked as army recruiting agents because they believed that
 
  A) it was the best way to prevent blacks from being drafted.
  B) blacks were more resistant to the diseases that ravaged white soldiers in the garrisons.
  C) blacks would get to see their loved ones in the South only by fighting for the Union.
  D) by cooperating during the war they would be rewarded with greater civil rights after the war.
  E) black participation in the army would be a step toward black citizenship.

Question 2

During the war, women in the North and South
 
  A) took jobs in mills that were previously held by men.
  B) served as nurses and Sanitary Commission workers.
  C) gained jobs in federal offices.
  D) All of these choices
  E) None of these choices



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Answer to Question 1

E

Answer to Question 2

D



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