14. EMANCIPATION AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1863

Quiz for Comparative Analysis Debating the Freedmen’s Bureau

Quiz for Comparative Analysis: Debating the Freedmen’s Bureau

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Based on Colonel Eliphalet Whittlesey’s report, what were the fears of aouthern whites that he was trying to address in his statement?

Hospitals with no patients to treat

Mass exodus of freedmen, leaving no laborers

Too much education to surpass white opportunities

High unemployment of former slave owners

2. In addition to the Freedmen’s Bureau, to what does Whittlesey attribute much of the smooth transition between war and peace for the freedmen?

Their intelligence and cooperation

The dejection and bitterness of the southern white population

The paternalism and kindness of former slave owners

The presence of female activists and teachers

3. How does the artist depict the freedman in the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill?

Well-dressed and professional

Sloppily dressed and lazy

Submissive and weak

Industrious and productive

4. What does the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill say about northern white views toward freedmen after the Civil War?

Very supportive and progressive

More morally driven than during the war

Steeped in racism and stereotypes

Ready to return freedmen to slavery

5. What is the biggest difference between the message of Whittlesey’s report and the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill?

The discussion of the cost of the programs

The desire to move past Reconstruction

The representation of agriculture

The depiction of freedmen

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