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Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan?



A.
The Freedmen’s Bureau was created to fight against the influence of the Ku Klux Klan.

B.
The Ku Klux Klan stopped being a veteran’s club and became violent after the Freedmen’s Bureau began succeeding in its goals.

C.
The Freedmen’s Bureau was created as part of Reconstruction whereas the Ku Klux Klan was created as a reaction against Reconstruction.

D.
The Ku Klux Klan was created to intimidate employees of the Freedmen’s Bureau into closing their schools and churches for African Americans.

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C.

The Freedmen’s Bureau was a Reconstruction agency (created in 1865) to assist formerly enslaved people; the Ku Klux Klan (formed in 1865–1866) arose as a white supremacist reaction against Reconstruction policies and the gains of freedpeople, using violence and intimidation to oppose them.