Question

Why was the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen’s Bureau) established?

A. to aid formerly enslaved African Americans in the North
B. to tax formerly enslaved African Americans in the South
C. to aid formerly enslaved African Americans in the South
D. to return formerly enslaved African Americans to their masters

Answer 1

The correct answer is C.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Bureau was established in the War Department in 1865 to undertake the relief effort and the unprecedented social reconstruction that would bring freedpeople to full citizenship.