Question

select the group or groups each statement describes.

	freedmen’s bureau	ku klux klan
this group operated in the former confederacy after the civil war.	☐	☑
this group supported the goals of reconstruction.	☑	☐
this group supported formerly enslaved people’s transition to freedom.	☑	☐
this group wanted to restrict formerly enslaved people’s rights.	☑	☐
scalawags would most likely have supported this group.	☐	☐

Explanation:

• The Ku Klux Klan was a white supremacist group that violently opposed Reconstruction and the rights of Black Americans in the post-Civil War South.
• Both the Freedmen's Bureau (a federal aid agency) and Ku Klux Klan operated in the former Confederacy during Reconstruction.
• The Freedmen's Bureau was created to support Reconstruction by aiding formerly enslaved people with food, housing, education, and legal help.
• Scalawags were Southern white Republicans who supported Reconstruction, so they aligned with the pro-Reconstruction Freedmen's Bureau.

Answer:

1. This group resisted the goals of Reconstruction. → Ku Klux Klan
2. This group operated in the former Confederacy after the Civil War. → Ku Klux Klan, Freedmen's Bureau
3. This group supported the goals of Reconstruction. → Freedmen's Bureau
4. This group supported formerly enslaved people's transition to freedom. → Freedmen's Bureau
5. This group wanted to restrict formerly enslaved people's rights. → Ku Klux Klan
6. Scalawags would most likely have supported this group. → Freedmen's Bureau