Question

independent practice
how did some african americans in the south manage to join the fighting?
a. they joined the confederate army under the militia act.
b. they rebelled against their owners and fled to the north.
c. they would kill any captured union soldiers.
d. they organized their own military to help the union.

Explanation:

During the American Civil War, enslaved and free African Americans in the South often resisted enslavement by rebelling against enslavers and escaping to the Northern states (Union territory) to gain freedom and sometimes aid the Union war effort. Option A is incorrect because the Confederate Army did not allow African Americans to fight as soldiers until the final days of the war, and this was not a common way they joined the fighting. Option C is incorrect as killing captured Union soldiers was not a way African Americans joined the fighting for their own freedom or the Union cause. Option D is incorrect because African Americans in the South did not organize their own military forces to help the Union in this manner; instead, many escaped to join existing Union forces or supported them after reaching the North.

Answer:

B. They rebelled against their owners and fled to the North.