Select all the correct answers.What were two of Frederick Douglass’s major contributions to the Civil War? He encouraged President Lincoln to make the emancipation of enslaved people the primary aim of the war. He met with the president to discuss equal pay for Black soldiers. He made it possible for African Americans to buy plantations in the South. He actively supported the recruitment of African Americans in the Union army. He set up the American Red Cross to treat wounded African American soldiers.
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Select all the correct answers.What were two of Frederick Douglass’s major contributions to the Civil War? He encouraged President Lincoln to make the emancipation of enslaved people the primary aim of the war. He met with the president to discuss equal pay for Black soldiers. He made it possible for African Americans to buy plantations in the South. He actively supported the recruitment of African Americans in the Union army. He set up the American Red Cross to treat wounded African American soldiers.
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The correct answers are:
- He encouraged President Lincoln to make the emancipation of enslaved people the primary aim of the war.
- He met with the president to discuss equal pay for Black soldiers.
- He actively supported the recruitment of African Americans in the Union army.
Frederick Douglass did not make it possible for African Americans to buy plantations in the South, nor did he set up the American Red Cross to treat wounded African American soldiers.
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