were beaten and marched to a POW camp by Japanese soldiers.
The Battle of Bataan, located in the Philippines, ended with US surrender to the Japanese. The march to the POW (prisoner of war) camp is referred to as the Battan Death March.
The Battan Death March was a 65 mile march from one end of the island to the other to reach the POW camp. The Japanese marched groups of soldiers and Filipino people while beating them, starving them, and killing anyone too weak to keep up. The exact number who died on the march is unknown but estimates put it into the thousands. Those that made it to the POW camp continued to experience poor treatment leading to the death of more at the camps.
It was one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history. Samuel J. Tilden of New York outpolled Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote, and had 184 electoral votes to Hayes' 165, with 20 votes uncounted.
The supplies would be lost and it could be a turning point in the war.
Answer:
2. To escape poverty and prejudice.
Explanation:
Many African Americans who faced racism and poverty decided to migrate.