Which of the Following Statements About the Education of Freedpeople

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the education of freedpeople in the Reconstruction era is LEAST accurate?

• A)The schools established to educate freedpeople sought to inculcate the values of the free labor system.
• B)Many white teachers focused as much on altering blacks' dialects and worship behaviors as on teaching them to read and write.
• C)Large numbers of northerners traveled south to educate freedpeople,and the majority of white teachers in black schools were from the North.
• D)The movement to educate freedpeople was crippled from the outset by the refusal of the federal government to provide money or other assistance to black schools.

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