The Freedmen’s Bureau helped support newly free black workers by __________
A) repairing railroads throughout the South
B) encouraging planters to reduce their crops and raise prices
C) investing northern capital in the rebuilding of the southern infrastructure
D) monitoring contracts between landowners and workers
Answer: D
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