Which statement best summarizes why the
Freedmen's Bureau was formed?
In March 1865, the US Congress created the Bureau of
Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned lands
African Americans underying the transition from
slavery to freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War
(1861-65). The Freedmen's Purem, as it was more
commonly know, was the first oreznication of its kind, a
federal agny established solely for the purpose of social
welfare
-"Preedmen's Bureau,"
Eduard A. Hatfield
The Freedmen's Bureau was formed to provide aid
for foreny enslaved people
o The Freedmen's Bureau was formed to farm land
once held by slaveholders.
The Freedmen's Bureau was formed to offer social
assistance during the Civil War.
The Freedmen's Bureau was formed to help
enslaved workers escape to freedom
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