In President Andrew Johnson's View, the Freedmen's Bureau Was

question 11

Multiple Choice

In President Andrew Johnson's view, the Freedmen's Bureau was

• A) a flawed but necessary agency.
• B) acceptable only because it also helped poor whites.
• C) a tolerable compromise with the radical Congress.
• D) a potential source of Republican patronage jobs.
• E) a meddlesome federal agency in the South that should be killed.

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