RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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The Freedmen’s Bureau was created to fight against the influence of the Ku Klux Klan.
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The Ku Klux Klan was created to intimidate employees of the Freedmen’s Bureau into closing their schools and churches for African Americans.
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The Ku Klux Klan stopped being a veteran’s club and became violent after the Freedmen’s Bureau began succeeding in its goals.
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The Freedmen’s Bureau was created as part of Reconstruction while the Ku Klux Klan was created as a reaction against Reconstruction.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Freedmen’s Bureau provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance. It also attempted to settle former slaves on land confiscated or abandoned during the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following statements describes the Freedmen’s Bureau, which originated in 1865? Created by Congress, it helped ex-slaves adjust to freedom and secure their basic civil rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The greatest successes of the Freedmen’s Bureau were in the field of education. More than 1, 000 African American schools were built and staffed with qualified instructors. Most of the major African American colleges in the United States were founded with the assistance of the bureau.