Pls help!! i'm writing a essay on buffalo soldiers, i need help with it. My brain hurts and wont think.

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Explanation:

In the years immediately following the Civil War, thousands of former

slaves moved westward, hoping to find new opportunities for employment.

Among the opportunities open to young black men was serving with the United

States Army. In 1866, the United States Congress authorized the creation

of six regular Army regiments to be staffed entirely by black soldiers. By

1869, these regiments were decreased by two. Black men were given the

choice of enlisting with the Ninth or Tenth Cavalry or the Twenty-fourth or

Twenty-fifth Infantry. It is these regiments that would eventually be

dubbed the Buffalo Soldiers (Katz 1996).

The term Buffalo Soldiers was bestowed by the Plains Indians, who were

the soldiers' enemies. Despite their enmity, however, the name reveals the

respect many Native Americans accorded to the black soldiers. The Indians

had high regard for the courage and valor shown by the black men in combat.

This paper argues that the Buffalo Soldiers played a crucial, though

often overlooked role in the history of westward expansion. By protecting

settlers, the Buffalo Soldiers paved the way for the settlement of the west

and the creation of the United States. By showing courage on the

battlefield, the Buffalo Soldiers also challenged prevailing misconceptions

about black people. In doing so, they contributed to the establishment of

multicultural societies in the West and by extension, in the rest of the

The Buffalo Soldiers initially came into being because during the late

19th century, the United States Military supported segregation. Black

freemen thus could not serve along with the white soldiers

in 1897, pershing became a tactical officer at west point, and that's where he was given the nickname "black jack." pershing's first name is "john," for which "jack" is a nickname, and he was a white man who commanded black troops. hence "black jack".

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