Question

The Freedmen's Bureau:a. carried out a successful program of distributing land to every former slave family. b. enjoyed the strong support of President Andrew Johnson in its work on behalf of civil rights. c. was badly administered because director O. O. Howard lacked military experience. d. won much southern white support because it consistently supported the planters in disputes with former slaves. e. made notable achievements in improving African-American education and health care.

Answer 1

Answer:

E.

Explanation:

The Freedmen's Bureau was an act established by Congress to cope with the aftermath of the Civil War in 1865. On 3rd March 1865, Congress formed this bureau which was formerly named as Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. The purpose of this bureau was to help the millions of former black slaves and poor whites.

This bureau helped to provide aid to the discriminated African American and underprivileged and impoverished Whites.

The most notable achievement made by this bureau was in the field of education. This bureau helped the African Americans by enrolling approx 90,000 former slaves in the public schools and provided them with good education. It also provided with the ration to the blacks and whites who were unable to buy food after the Civil War an also with better health and medical facilities.

So, the correct answer is option E.