THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
THE KU KLUX KLAN
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Jim Crow Act
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Freedmen’s Bureau
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Confiscation Act
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13th Amendment
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Intended as a temporary agency to last the duration of the war and one year afterward, the bureau was placed under the authority of the War Department and the majority of its original employees were Civil War soldiers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Bureau built hospitals for the freed slaves and gave direct medical aid to more than 1 million of them. 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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following BEST describes how the Freedmen’s Bureau? It provided shelter, food, schools, and legal protection to former slaves.