Question

Question 2 (2 points)
What role did the Freedmen's Bureau play during Reconstruction?

It governed Southern states after their surrender to the Union.

It was in charge of land distribution throughout the South.

It protected and helped former slaves after the Civil War.

It oversaw elections in the South during Reconstruction.

Answer 1

Answer:

The Freedmen's Bureau protected and helped former slaves after the Civil War.

Explanation:

• It was intelligently devised by Abraham Lincoln that there is a need for the establishment of an agency that would protect and help the former slaves even after the Civil War was over.
• This was because most southerners had still not been able to accept the reality that the practice of slavery was abolished.
• To protect the former slaves for their former masters and to make provision for their living as free men, the Freedmen's Bureau was established.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. It protected and helped former slaves after the Civil War.

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