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36) Choose the two items that correctly describe women's roles in the Civil War.

A) Women often served as nurses for soldiers return from battle. B) Nearly 30% of battlefield doctors for the Union Army were women. C) Some women served as spies for both Union and confederate governments. D) Women were allowed to enlist in the Army with permission from their husbands.

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Answer:

A and C

Step-by-step explanation:

A. Women served as nurses the exact number is not known, between 5,000 and 10,000 women offered their services.

B. 10, 000 women is about 64 percent.

C. Some women did serve as spies in both sides.

D. Some women enlisted into the army without the permission of there husbands.

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Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

They provided uniforms, blankets, sandbags and other supplies for entire regiments. They wrote letters to soldiers and worked as untrained nurses in makeshift hospitals. They even cared for wounded soldiers in their homes.

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