The Freedmen's Bureau
A) had as its main purpose to prevent armed clashes between former masters and former slaves.
B) regulated working conditions for former slaves, primarily through Freedmen's Courts.
C) was criticized bitterly by the planter class but consistently praised by former slaves.
D) was canceled by Congress over the opposition of Radicals, who saw the need for a permanent welfare agency for African Americans.

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The Freedmen's Bureau was established to assist freed slaves in the South during the Reconstruction era, and one of its main roles was to regulate working conditions and disputes through Freedmen's Courts.