45. Which of the following best describes the
activities of the Freedmen's Bureau?
A) It was the first large-scale federal welfare
program in the U.S., assisting both blacks and
whites.
B) It was limited to the establishment of black
schools and enforcing contracts between
freedpeople and landowners.
C) It was designed to provide educational and
economic assistance to freed slaves.
D) It distributed rations and established hospitals,
but anything beyond that was simply not
possible with its very limited budget and total
lack of congressional.