Author Question: What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau? A) to free the slaves in the South B) to ... (Read 29 times)

imanialler · **on:** Aug 9, 2018

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

A) to free the slaves in the South
B) to help blacks find jobs in the North
C) to help assist the newly freed slaves in their transition to freedom
D) to press for civil and political rights for blacks

Question 2

How is the Port Royal experiment in land distribution an example of the failures of Reconstruction?

A) The land was obtained by Native American tribes instead of African Americans.
B) The land stayed under black ownership and control.
C) The land remained in the hands of the federal government.
D) The land soon reverted to private white ownership.