Commonlit black soldiers in the civil war PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “The Lincoln administration wrestled with the idea of authorizing the
recruitment of black troops, concerned that such a move would prompt the
border states to secede.” (Paragraph 2)
B. “By the end of the Civil War, roughly 179,000 black men (10% of the Union Army)
served as soldiers in the U. S. Army and another 19,000 served in the Navy.”
(Paragraph 4)
C. “The July 1863 assault on Fort Wagner, SC, in which the 54th Regiment of
Massachusetts Volunteers lost two-thirds of their officers and half of their
troops, was memorably dramatized in the film Glory.” (Paragraph 5)
D. Racial discrimination was prevalent even in the North, and discriminatory
practices permeated the U. S. military. (Paragraph 6)
PLS ANSWER FAST
FOR PART A I PUT, African Americans who served in the Civil War were treated differently than
white soldiers.