Which of the following is NOT true of the Freedmen's Bureau?
A. It was under the direction of General Oliver O. Howard.
B. It was charged with overseeing southern Reconstruction.
C. It helped feed millions of starving ex-slaves but refused to give aid to poor white southerners.
D. It was a special agency of the War Department.
Answer: C
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A) Leo Frank. B) Jacob Riis. C) Leon Czolgosz. D) David Hennessy.
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A) Responding B) Reviving C) Rating D) Refreshing E) Recalling