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Emily Pierce, Hannah Joyner, Alex, and Austin Patrey S.S./ Period 1 Most free African Americans lived in the South. Virginia (part of the Confederacy for the first half of the war, but then switched to the Union side) made a law in February of 1862, authorizing the impressment of free black labor. Free African Americans from the ages of 18 to 50 were forced to be in the war for 180 days, without their consent. Other free African Americans aided voluntarily in the war effort by being teamsters, laborers, guides, cooks, washers, and soldiers. Many slaves enlisted in the army, even though armies weren’t supposed to be integrated. Consent of the slave and master were need to be enlisted. They were slaves, cooks, guards, menservants and soldiers. Only 1% of African Americans lived in the North. 180,000 African Americans served in 163 units of the Union Army and 1000’s more in the Navy. Without the help of the African Americans, the Union may not have won the war. African Americans couldn’t enroll in the Confederate Army until about 1865. Most African Americans enrolled in the Union, though. African Americans enrolled in the Confederate Army: Needed consent of the master and slave Confer the rights of a freeman after the war Lots of their land was taken from them- they had to move Civil War caused more conflicts between the U.S. and Native Americans Civil War took up a lot of government resources, so Native Americans in the Midwest weren’t paid the way the treaties said they had to be, which led to even more conflicts Some Native Americans served in the war U.S. didn’t have the resources to keep the Native Americans suppressed or happy The Civil War influenced Latino violence to get rights (Zoot- suit riots) in Los Angeles in spring of 19434 Irish, German, Italian, Jewish, Indian, and African American people fought in the war Irish immigrants who came to Boston and New York were recruited into the Union regiments Irish armies were known to be strong and brave The Zouaves were an elite troop of soldiers that had distinct uniforms and were made up of mostly Europeans, even though they recruited soldiers from Native North American troops Filipinos, Chinese Americans, Jewish Americans, Japanese Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities also faced racial prejudice at this time Minorities trying to get into the navy or army were not accepted or given the lowest jobs Returning minority veterans still faced discrimination and prejudice when they returned Lots of minority groups migrated to the cities after the war to find jobs that they could use their new skills on This ended up breaking up a lot of prejudice because people realized that if you have the skills, then you should be able to do the job, no matter what color you are