SEND HELP ASAP PLEASEEE :( Historians have been interested in the role played by African Americans in shaping the aims and conduct of the Civil War. In the 1930s, an historian said that "American Negroes became free without any effort of their own."

Respond to this statement, specifying whether you agree or disagree, in part or in whole. Use your knowledge of the time period and the sources provided to support your arguments.

this is not true. Even today, African Americans must still fight for equality and freedom. At the time, it was even harsher for them because people were openly racist, and people were allowed to just beat a black man on the street. We are always having to fight to be seen as equal, and so several decades later, we are still doing so.

the correct answer is b, "fertility rates are increasing, so populations will grow more quickly in the future."