The Freedmen's Bureau, formally known as the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War.
The correct answer is B) Newly freed African Americans had no homes nor any way to support themselves.
The other options of the question were A) Most African Americans were illiterate and therefore could not vote. C) Plantation owners had no one to tend their crops. D) There was a great deal of abandoned land throughout the South.
The result of the Civil War that prompted the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau was "Newly freed African Americans had no homes nor any way to support themselves."
The Freedmen's Bureau was established by the US Congress in 1865. The idea was to help thousands of former African American slaves and white people that lived in poverty after so much destruction due to the Civil War. The idea was good but the Bureau lacked enough funds to settle these people on new lands, provided medicines, and food.
