EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They thought the war would be over quickly.
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They feared the slaves would be killed.
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They needed them on the plantation.
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They feared a slave uprising.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Enslaved and free black people provided even more labor than usual for Virginia farms when 89 percent of eligible white men served in Confederate armies. Enslaved men were sometimes forced into service to build Confederate fortifications, women to serve as laundresses or cooks for troops in the field.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did South Carolinians reconcile their fears about a slave rebellion with the need for help during the American Revolution? They did not let slaves serve in the military at first, but later allowed them to serve in noncombat roles.
Detailed explanation-3: -Virginia had the largest population of enslaved African Americans of any state in the Confederacy, and those slaves responded to the American Civil War (1861–1865) in a variety of ways.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freed African Americans in rebel states, and after the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment emancipated all U.S. slaves wherever they were.