76. Why did Congress create the Freedmen\'s Bureau in 1865? To assist in the dis

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76. Why did Congress create the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865? To assist in the distribution of confiscated land to former slaves. To oversee labor-management contracts of former slaves. To supervise elections to ensure freedmen could vote. To take care of legal issues for freedmen. A) B) C) D) 77. Who headed the Freedmen's Bureau? A) Abolitionist Frederick Douglass. B) Congressman Thaddeus Stevens C) General Ben Hur Heston. D) General Oliver Otis Howard. 78. Which amendment to the Constitution officially ended slavery, or "involuntary servitude," in the United States? A) Eighteenth Amendment. B) Fifteenth Amendment. C) Fourteenth Amendment. D) Thirteenth Amendment. 79. Black Codes A) Stipulated clearly the new freedoms and liberties of freedmen. B) Introduced segregation of public facilities to Southern jurisdictions. C) Were guidebooks that helped African Americans navigate the challenges of liberty. D) Confined black freedoms with laws that singled out blacks for unequal treatment What effect did reports of violence against freed people have on Congress? A) Conservative Democrats sided with the Republican do-nothing policy B) Conservative Republicans refused to raise taxes to help. C) Liberal Democrats were outraged D) Moderate Republicans were radicalized. 80. What criticism did radical Republicans have of the Freedmen's Bureau? A) Agents sided with landowners against the interests of freed people too often. B) No provision was made for freedwomen. C) Operational costs were too high for yield in reconciliation. D) Southern whites intimidated its officers. 81.

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76) A- To assist in the distribution of confiscated land to former slaves.

77) D- General oliver otis howard.

78) D- Thirteenth amendment.

79) C- werw guidebooks that helped african americans navigate the challenges of liberty.

80) D- Moderate republicans were radicalized.

81) A- Agents sided with landowners against the interest of freed people too often.

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