Assignment: The Civil War
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Make your initial post of at least 300 words by midnight Friday.
Respond to at least three responses to your classmates of at least 125 words due by Sunday.
You must also answer any follow-up questions asked by your instructor within five days.
Support all your posts with evidence from this week's materials.
Answer ONE of the following questions:
1. How did African-Americans, North and South, free and slave, respond to the outbreak of war?
2. How were African-Americans used in the war effort by both the Union and the Confederacy? What difficulties did they face in war service?
3. What hardships did African-Americans, North and South, face during the war? How did they seek to overcome these hardships?