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Which of the Following Statements BEST Captures Attitudes Toward the Education

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Which of the following statements BEST captures attitudes toward the education of freedpeople during Reconstruction?


A) Although the Freedmen's Bureau tried to interest freedpeople in education,most southern blacks were more concerned with earning a living than with schooling.
B) The Freedmen's Bureau almost single-handedly established,funded,and supervised a school system for southern blacks.
C) Although freedpeople eagerly sought education,the agents of the Freedmen's Bureau refused to support their goals,and required all former slaves-men,women,and children-to enter into labor contracts.
D) Freedpeople often took the initiative of creating their own schools,but depended on financial assistance from the Freedmen's Bureau and northern churches.

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