2.5 W.E.B. DuBois and Reconstruction

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To legalize marriages and reunite families

• All of the above

• To provide temporary housing and medical care to former slaves

• To establish schools and increase black literacy

Which amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery?

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Freedmen's Bureau Amendment

What was one of the accomplishments of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• Building historically black colleges and universities

• All of the above

• Increasing black literacy to above 30%

• Securing jobs for former slaves

Why did the Freedmen's Bureau disband in 1872?

• Lack of support from Vice President Johnson

• Lack of funding

• All of the above

• Opposition from white Southerners

Which amendment to the US Constitution granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves?

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

What was the main function of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To grant citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States

• To abolish slavery in Confederate-held territory

• To establish schools and increase black literacy

• To provide temporary housing and medical care to former slaves

What did the Freedmen's Bureau fail to do?

• Establish good-will between ex-masters and freedmen

• Encourage self-reliance

• Provide land to freedmen

• Promote education among freedmen

What is the legacy of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• Complete freedom and equality for the black citizens

• Segregation and restricted rights for the black citizens

• Improved living conditions for the black citizens

• Dissolution of racial tensions and discrimination

What was NOT an aim of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To provide education to former slaves

• To re-establish slavery

• To provide land to former slaves

• To establish a new government for former slaves

What did the Freedmen's Bureau succeed in establishing?

• Free labor

• Peasant proprietorship

• Recognition of black freedmen before courts of law

• Free common schools