Correct Answers:
A. Acted in legal matters by drawing up labor contracts for fair wages and job security
B. Assisted charity groups by setting up schools to promote education
Explanation:
After the Civil War, the Freedmen's Bureau, established in 1865, provided food, <u>medical and legal assistance, housing and schools for the freed slaves and poor whites of the South</u>. The Reconstruction Era was very difficult, because the American state struggled to find the right way for the transitioning of the 4 million freed slaves to the labor market.
The Freedmen's Bureau was an innovative idea, but, unfortunately, it couldn't carry all its programs to the end, because of the lack of funds and personnel.
Spices, coffee and indigo
Improper handling of toxic waste and reckless dumping
In terms of the Gold Rush, gold. In terms of other reasons: more land, property, search for a new life, and new jobs for slaves or free blacks.
