The Freedmen's Bureau

question 48

Multiple Choice

The Freedmen's Bureau

• A) was created to operate for only five years.
• B) pushed for voting rights for former male slaves.
• C) created millions of federal public works jobs for former slaves.
• D) gave forty acres of land and a mule to millions of Southern blacks.
• E) distributed food to millions of former slaves.

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