The Bureau was formed in 1865 by Congress to support the conversion of slavery to freedom, After the Civil War and during the Emancipation/ Reconstruction period (Zinn, n.d.). The Freedmen Bureau assumed the direction and controlling of all uninhibited acreages and the governing of all focusses linking to freedmen, in such guidelines and code of practice as offered by the head of the Freedmen Bureau and sanctioned by the President (Wormser, 2002). The Bureau's mission was to give assistance to African-American’s too modified a culture founded on slavery to one that is consenting to freedom (Zinn, n.d.).
General Howard was the first commissioner of the bureau; he was a war hero who was compassionate about the rights for African-Americans (Wormser, …show more content…
Johnson, who thought that the bill was undemocratic, was opposed to having the federal government to protect the African-American constitutional rights (Zinn, n.d.). So congress, who did not think the bill was undemocratic, approved the bill over President Johnson’s veto (Wormser, 2002). Basically, the whites in the south opposed the rulings and African-American having any rights, at that point the Bureau needed support from the government, which they never received because the soldiers were rapidly separated and most of the army was allocated to the West (Wormser, 2002). Lacking military support to back them up the Bureau would be dissolved as time progresses; however, the Bureau did achieve some of their objectives, such as education. It established many colleges and training institution for African-Americans, to include the Hampton Institute and Howard University, which was named after the great General O.O. Howard (Wormser, 2002). General Howard expected that the undertaking of the Bureau was only a provisional one; he thought that African-Americans ought to get all their rights as fast as possible, but did not realize that because of the whites who controlled the south “hostilities,” it would have been a long road for the Bureau to get any support that was essential for African-Americans to receive their rights (Wormser,
General Howard was the first commissioner of the bureau; he was a war hero who was compassionate about the rights for African-Americans (Wormser, …show more content…
Johnson, who thought that the bill was undemocratic, was opposed to having the federal government to protect the African-American constitutional rights (Zinn, n.d.). So congress, who did not think the bill was undemocratic, approved the bill over President Johnson’s veto (Wormser, 2002). Basically, the whites in the south opposed the rulings and African-American having any rights, at that point the Bureau needed support from the government, which they never received because the soldiers were rapidly separated and most of the army was allocated to the West (Wormser, 2002). Lacking military support to back them up the Bureau would be dissolved as time progresses; however, the Bureau did achieve some of their objectives, such as education. It established many colleges and training institution for African-Americans, to include the Hampton Institute and Howard University, which was named after the great General O.O. Howard (Wormser, 2002). General Howard expected that the undertaking of the Bureau was only a provisional one; he thought that African-Americans ought to get all their rights as fast as possible, but did not realize that because of the whites who controlled the south “hostilities,” it would have been a long road for the Bureau to get any support that was essential for African-Americans to receive their rights (Wormser,