Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes Attitudes Freed Slaves

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately describes attitudes freed slaves held toward the Yankees at the beginning of Reconstruction versus after the end of it?

• A) Whereas freed slaves had little trust or hope when it came to the goodwill of the Yankees at the beginning of Reconstruction, they were convinced after the end of Reconstruction that the Yankees would continue to transform their lives for the better.
• B) Whereas freed slaves were still angry with the Yankees at the beginning of Reconstruction because of they way in which the Civil War had uprooted their lives, they came to adopt the Yankee way of life as they moved North in large numbers.
• C) Although freed slaves experienced drastic changes in their everyday lives once emancipated, their views toward the Yankees evolved little over the course of Reconstruction because Yankees had little to do with those changes.
• D) Although Yankees were quick to take credit for freeing enslaved African Americans at the beginning of Reconstruction, freed slaves tended to find that southern whites were far more supportive and responsible for advances in civil rights by the end of Reconstruction.
• E) Whereas freed slaves often thought of the Yankees as their saviors at the beginning of Reconstruction, some felt let down by the Yankees with the collapse of Reconstruction as they began to move backward in terms of civil rights.

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