The Union Of The Freedmen 's Bureau

The process of rebuilding America after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877, known as the Reconstruction, fell very short of its expectations because of the negative effect it had on relationships within the country. President Lincoln came up with plans for reconstruction, however, Congress believed it was too lenient. After Lincoln’s death and events following regarding Johnson, Congress dominated the government and came up with their own plan that sets the nation up for further disagreement. The plan for Reconstruction as Congress made it, was a failure because of how it divided the government, turned the races against each other, and set up freed slaves for poverty.

After the Civil War, Congress and the president set up a new government agency to help former freedmen. This new government agency was called by the name of the Freedmen’s Bureau. The Freedmen 's Bureau also was an agency to help former slaves adjust to freedom after the 13th Amendment ended slavery. Their purpose for running this agency was to give out clothes, foods, and medicines, which reduced the death rate of many African Americans. They also did many other things like create schools for African Americans, like Atlanta University,

The civil war ended in 1865 but that wasn’t the end of their struggle. Slavery had been discontinued, and with it southerners were obligated to ratify the 14th amendment. Lots of changes happened between 1865 and 1877 mostly revolving around black equality. This period of time was called reconstruction. It altered they way we view blacks today, and at the time was a major event, especially for previous slave owners. A large portion of America was democratic and opposed slavery, many of them forming leuges aganist it. And when black people were freed there were 4 million people without jobs, and landowners without money to pay for workers. There were some of the many reasons why Congress’ Reconstruction was a sucessful one. Congress’ Reconstruction efforts failed because of the democrats whos appossed slavery, the men who created white leagues, and the scarcity of jobs.

After the Civil War took place in the South there was an immense attempt to rebuild it. People had a lot of questions regarding the newly freed slaves and what they were going to do and how they were going to fix the south from the destruction from the war. The north was putting their efforts into helping the slaves and make them equally accepted as whites, however, the South disagreed with what the North was doing and wanted to keep blacks as slaves. This argument went back and forth because no one knew who should pay to rebuild the south. Should it be the South because they started the war or should it be the North because they continued to fight back?

The Union and status of America was destroyed after the Civil War ended in 1865. A nation that was so split between views, that it brought war upon itself, had to learn to rebuild and reunite it’s people. The era of Reconstruction, from 1863 to 1877, aimed to do this. Historians often disagree with each other over whether the outcome of this era was positive or negative. Aspects to Reconstruction were both successes and failures.

After the Union’s victory in the Civil War during 1865, the era of Reconstruction began, an era in which the prospect of rebuilding the nation once again after the catastrophic effects of the war arose. During Reconstruction, African Americans were attempted to be integrated into American society, it was questioned on what terms Confederate states would be welcomed into the country, and the economy was meant to be fixed but all of this ultimately failed. Reconstruction was not successful in rebuilding the political, economical, and racial issues in the country post Civil War as there were even more racial and discriminatory issues, a damaged federal government, and an injured economy as well.

When the Union defeated the Confederates in the Civil War in 1865, millions of slaves gained freedom but left areas of the South a wreck and destroyed their plantation-based economy. Shortly before the Civil War ended, Congress established The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, more commonly known as The Freedmen’s Bureau. The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government organization that was created to help poor Southerners and to make the transition of being a slave to a free person easier. The bureau was intended to last the duration of the war and then one year after so they’ll help you for the time being and then you’re on your own. The Freedmen’s Bureau did just about everything that you could have imagined, they provided food, clothing, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered other legal assistance.

Social differences in the Unites States were just intensifying as more and more freed slaves wanted and protested for their rights. The Freedmen's Bureau caused northerners to enrage and military officers had to stop northerners from attacking free slaves and preventing war another war. This document allowed southerners to go to the north with the opportunity to get food, housing, medical aid, and go to school, however, the northerners did not let the former slaves live in peace to exercise their rights. Unfortunately for the freed slaves, the Freedmen's Bureau was prevented from fully carrying out program due to the shortage of funds and was shut down in 1872 under pressure from white southerners. The North continued to enforce their power

The war had left the southern states in tatters, they came back to their towns which were almost unrecognizable. Crops had been burned homes destroyed cattle left for dead all as an awful byproduct from the war. Although the Northern states had won the war they seemed to start to loose sight of their goal. President Lincoln had devised a plan to rebuild the south, but before he was able to put much in motion he was assassinated. Andrew Jackson became president after Lincoln’s assassination which became very controversial since he was a previous slave owner. Jackson didn’t follow Lincoln’s plans on reviving the South and instead they were left with no aid. Not only was the south torn to shreds the newly freed slaves had nowhere to go. These deprived uneducated citizens owned no land and had no money to there name. Few efforts were made to truly place these people in a working

During the time of Reconstruction, the federal government did little to help the people of America as a whole, they concentrated on bettering African American lives and “reconstructing” the South. The focus during this time period was to protect the rights of African Americans, which had long and hard been fought for. The federal government made it their priority to ensure equal rights among all black people. Also, the readmission of the Confederate states was essential to the federal

The Freedman's bureau was a government agency that helped in the aid of freed slaves in the south. The agency, formed by Abraham Lincoln helped distribute food, clothing and shelter. It also opened schools for former slaves. Although this helped a lot of people, Andrew Johnson wasn't interested in former slaves. In fact, he was even a previous slave owner himself.

When Reconstruction began in 1865, a broken America had just finished fighting the Civil War. In all respects, Reconstruction was a time period of

The author first starts out by saying how "Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. "(Legal Freedom) This proclamation was meant to free all the slaves that are in the states that left the Union. Although this didn't end slavery, it started showing other slaves hope. In the text it says that "Slavery was finally ended in 1865 after the Civil War was over. " (Legal Freedom) Now that the slaves are totally freed, they and the white people have to learn how to be together as free people in society. In the text, it says "The Freedmen’s Bureau worked to set up schools and help former slaves find lost family members. The Bureau also tried to help freedmen get jobs." (Creating New Lives) The Freedman's Bureau helped

One of the biggest ways the reconstruction efforts failed was with giving equal rights to the black community. Although the slaves were freed it was very conditional freedom. The creation of Black codes made it seem like they were free. These codes made it possible for black families to remain intact. It also gave blacks the right to sue in court, and own property. This seems like progressive thinking at the time. The big problem with these codes is what they denied blacks. Blacks could not testify against whites. They could not own guns, or travel without permits. Although slavery had ended blacks were still being controlled. Without slaves to work in the fields the plantation owners needed workers. A lot of them would rent out their land to newly freed blacks. In exchange these poor blacks would have to give up 2/3 of their crop.3 The rest would be used to pay off their debts. This would

The Civil War left a country divided not only by property lines and borders but by beliefs as well. Not just religious beliefs, moral beliefs also. It left both sides, north and south struggling, trying to figure out what their next move towards reuniting the divided America was going to be. The period following the end of the Civil War would become known as the “Reconstruction Era.” An era that raised just as many questions as it did answers. A reconstruction of America that seems to carry on many decades later.