RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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schools throughout the south
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jobs
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clothing and shelter
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Howard, the Bureau delivered food to freedmen and poor whites in the South, and it helped freed people gain labor contracts. The Bureau also took up the fight for African American education, establishing scores of public schools where freed people and poor whites could receive both elementary and higher education.
Detailed explanation-2: -On March 3, 1865, Congress passed “An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.
Detailed explanation-3: -Useful as the Freedmen’s Bureau records are for research about federal policies, their most enduring legacy may be the human face they give to slavery and emancipation.