In the Late Nineteenth Century,as Veterans of the Civil War

In the late nineteenth century,as veterans of the Civil War retired,

A) the federal government created a pension system for all retired Americans.
B) they were paid pensions by individual states,but not the federal government.
C) the federal government gave pensions to both Union and Confederate veterans.
D) a majority of the black and white male population in the North received federal pensions.
E) they were forced to do without military pensions of any kind.