Question

African Americans contributed to the Union war effort on the home front by working as
1. cooks and sharecroppers.
2. businessmen and surgeons.
3. carpenters and shopkeepers.
4. carpenters and surgeons.

Answer 1

Answer:

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D OPTION carpenter and surgeon

Explanation:

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Answer 2

d. carpenters and surgeons

Explanation:

• In 1862, the Emancipation Declaration of President Lincoln opened the gates of the Union Army to Africa's Americans. Around 180,000 African-American troops were in the fight by the end of the war.
• African American soldiers encountered extra challenges due to racial discrimination, aside from the problems of war encountered by other soldiers.
• African Americans served as medical officers and surgeons after 1863 starting African Americans served as medical officers after 1863, beginning with Baltimore surgeon Alexander Augusta (the first black professor of medicine in the United States).
• Although others were trained in infantry and artillery, segregation led to the assigning of  some African-American troops to non-combative, support duties as  laborers, teamsters, carpenters, guards, scouts, spies, and cooks.