UN 550 FOST RECONSTRUCTION 0.14 CA
Use the information in the box to answer the question that follows.
Congress created the Freedmen's Bureau in March 1865 to support former slaves as they
made the transition to freedom. Agents of the Freedmen's Bureau worked to establish a
system of free labor, mediate disputes over contracts and other matters, and to ensure that
free blacks received justice and equal treatment in the courts and other public institutions.
Which of the following identifies another way that the Freedmen's Bureau supported opportunities for former slaves in the South?
It offered assistance for those who wanted to resettle in Africa.
It helped to provide education by opening and managing schools.
O It organized political parties to elect African Americans to Congress.
It provided transportation for workers migrating North for factory jobs.