What Was the Main Purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau

question 24

Multiple Choice

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

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