The Freedmen's Bureau:
a. was badly administered because director O. O. Howard lacked military experience.
b. won much southern white support because it consistently supported the planters in disputes with former slaves.
c. made notable achievements in improving African-American education and health care.
d. carried out a successful program of distributing land to every former slave family.
e. enjoyed the strong support of President Andrew Johnson in its work on behalf of civil rights.
Answer: c. made notable achievements in improving African-American education and health care.
You might also like to view...
Which nation brought submarines onto the naval front in World War I?
a. Britain
b. Germany
c. Russia
d. the United States
In the mid-seventeenth century, a radical English reformer began a religious movement that sprang from a vision involving Pendle Hill and people in white raiment. He was
a) Martin Luther. b) John Calvin. c) King Henry VIII. d) George Fox. e) Cyrus Mather.
Which of the following policies reflects the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Austrian Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa?
A) instating capital punishment B) increasing feudal dues C) promoting religious toleration D) sanctioning judicial torture
Among other views, The Federalist, written during the ratification debate, argued that it was
a. impossible to safeguard the rights of states from the power of a strong central government. b. possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory. c. inevitable that slavery would be abolished in the new republic. d. illegal to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution. e. best to establish a direct democracy.