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February 2008
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The pioneers of the American West were a culturally and ethnically diverse group. Hollywood films and history books may focus on white frontiersmen and women, but there were many Mexicans, Asians, and African Americans who helped to settle the "Wild West." They worked as cowboys, farmers, ranchers, teachers, gold miners, and lawmen, among numerous other professions on the Western frontier.
In the mid- and late 1800s, how many Western frontier cowboys were African American?
Answer Pathfinder
Subject Heading(s):
African Americans, History (date); Frontier and pioneer life (date)
Keywords:
cowboys AND "African Americans" (relevance); "Western frontier" AND "African Americans" (relevance); pioneers and "African Americans" (relevance)
Topic Browse Path:
United States of America: western frontiers & expansion (date)
Article(s) | Site(s):
"The Other Pioneers: African-Americans on the Frontier," Junior Scholastic, January 23, 2006
Answer:
About one-quarter of all cowboys on the Western frontier was African American.
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In 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order declaring "that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin."
In what year was the last of the nation's segregated African-American military units disbanded?
A. 1950
B. 1952
C. 1954
D. 1956
Article(s) | Site(s):
"Remembering the Legacy: African Americans in the Military,"
February 9, 2007, Government Reporter
Answer:
C. 1954
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