Why Did the Freedmen's Bureau Try to Get Blacks to Sign

question 19

Multiple Choice

Why did the Freedmen's Bureau try to get blacks to sign labor contracts with white landowners?

• A) They thought that action was in the best interests of blacks.
• B) They were pressing for economic stability in the area, which needed labor to produce crops.
• C) They hoped to break the spirit of the South, by showing how blacks could become economically independent.
• D) The Freedmen's Bureau had absolutely no role in helping blacks with labor contracts.

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