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Which statement best summarizes why the Freedmen’s Bureau was formed?

A
The Freedmen’s Bureau was formed to provide aid for formerly enslaved people.
B
The Freedmen’s Bureau was formed to farm land once held by slaveholders.
C
The Freedmen’s Bureau was formed to offer social assistance during the Civil War.
D
The Freedmen’s Bureau was formed to help enslaved workers escape to freedom.
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What led to the formation of the Ku Klux Klan?

A
It was a response to formerly enslaved people gaining rights.
B
It was established to help create the Military Reconstruction Acts.
C
It was created to help white southerners run for political office after the war.
D
It was a reaction to property damage caused by the Union Army during the war.
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What common factor influenced the creation of both the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan?

A
the loss of life and property during the Civil War
B
the freeing of enslaved people as a result of the war
C
the need to reestablish a political structure in the South
D
the anti-Southern agenda of President Andrew Johnson
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What were the goals of the Freedmen’s Bureau? Check all that apply.

A
to help feed refugees
B
to educate formerly enslaved people
C
to establish a system of labor
D
to set up hospitals for formerly enslaved people
E
to create a labor union for formerly enslaved people
F
to help elect African American candidates
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What were the goals of the Ku Klux Klan? Check all that apply.

A
to prevent Republican candidates from winning
B
to regain control over African Americans in the South
C
to ensure white citizens remained more powerful than African Americans
D
to maintain the efforts of Congress during Reconstruction
E
to prevent the Democratic Party from becoming established
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Which statement best compares the goals of the Ku Klux Klan and the Freedmen’s Bureau?

A
The Freedmen’s Bureau tried to help refugees in the South, while the Ku Klux Klan worked to remove them.
B
Both the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan supported the US Congress’s plans for the South after the war.
C
The Freedmen’s Bureau fought to protect the rights of African Americans, while the Ku Klux Klan opposed them.
D
Both the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan focused on providing assistance to white southerners after the war.
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According to the text, how did Saxton support the goals of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

A
He helped refugees find food to eat.
B
He helped formerly enslaved people acquire land.
C
He set up hospitals and managed them.
D
He established schools and taught in them.
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Which tactics did members of the Ku Klux Klan use to achieve their goals? Check all that apply.

A
They wore elaborate costumes.
B
They used violence to intimidate.
C
They held nighttime raids and parades.
D
They burned Democratic polling places.
E
They killed political activists and officials.
F
They attacked white women in the South.
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Which statement best compares the methods of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan?

A
Both groups used voting, politics, and the government to achieve their goals.
B
Both groups used violence to make people afraid and to oppress certain citizens.
C
The Freedmen’s Bureau worked to help people, while the Ku Klux Klan worked to harm them.
D
The Freedmen’s Bureau tried to achieve its goals politically, while the Ku Klux Klan tried to achieve its goals socially.
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What prevented the Freedmen’s Bureau from achieving its goals? Check all that apply.

A
The agency lacked the needed funds.
B
White southerners fought against them.
C
Land for schools and hospitals was limited.
D
The agency was not firmly established in the South.
E
Formerly enslaved people did not want to accept the agency’s help.
F
Republican officials did not want to work with the agency.
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What were the achievements of the Freedmen’s Bureau? Check all that apply.

A
It educated formerly enslaved people.
B
It helped Republicans become elected.
C
It provided food for people who were poor or sick.
D
It employed hundreds of formerly enslaved people.
E
It protected the rights of African Americans.
F
It helped white and black southerners cope with life after the war.
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What was the outcome of the agency’s educational efforts?

A
It established dozens of schools that remained opened long term.
B
It opened a number of schools but struggled to bring in students.
C
It opened more than 60 schools, but they closed when the bureau did.
D
It was unable to open schools or achieve success in the area of education.
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The Ku Klux Klan dissolved in the late 1800s. Which evidence from the text explains why this was the case?

A
The Democrats began to take control from the Republicans.
B
Klan members became less interested in the “Lost Cause.”
C
White southerners began to reject the KKK in growing numbers.
D
The federal government intervened less and less across the South.
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The Ku Klux Klan reemerged in the early 1900s. Which evidence from the text explains why this was the case?

A
The Democrats began to lose control of the southern states.
B
The myth of the “Lost Cause” began to lose its effect on white southerners.
C
Some white southerners maintained a romantic view of the original KKK.
D
African Americans began to gain greater rights in the South in the early 1900s.
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Which statement best compares the outcomes of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan?

A
Both groups effectively achieved their goals and lasted for decades.
B
Although the Klan achieved some of its goals, it dissolved quickly, while the Bureau was more successful in the long term.
C
Although the Bureau achieved limited reforms, it dissolved quickly, while the Klan was more successful in the long term.
D
Neither group achieved any of their goals, and both dissolved quickly.

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