The Freedmen’s Bureau
"The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future--a future full of golden promise" (Davis). Although the Civil War was a very corrupt and destructive war that lasted from 1861-1865, it brought upon an everlasting promise for former slaves. It gave them hope for a better life. After the war, all slaves became free leaving a major question of what would be done with them. Slaves were now free with no financial help, along with poor whites, who had no financial help. The major questions were: where would they now live, where would they work, and who would they get their financial support from? The answers to these questions were, The Freedmen’s Bureau. Initially, the Freedmen’s …show more content…
Johnson felt as if it would be unconstitutional, because there was nowhere in the constitution that allowed or permitted this federal organization to be put into place. Although the bill was once vetoed, it was tried again and this time Congress put it into consideration to see how effective it could actually be. Thus, Congress passed the bill for the Freedmen’s Bureau, and it came into effect on March 3, 1865. The Freedmen’s Bureau was run through the War Department so that it could have a strong military force behind it to enforce its rules and regulations. There has always been an issue with enforcement in the United States, but this particular program did not have a hard time with reinforcement, because it was something that was helpful to people of different ethnicities. It even helped to improve the ills of society and to put a dent in racial …show more content…
However, at the same time, while it was attempting to make things better, things were getting worse as well. There were whites in the South as well as in the North that did not want things to be different than they once were. They were strong believers in that their particular skin color was superior above anyone else’s. They wanted things to stay the same. They were not used to doing for themselves because they were so used to the slaves doing everything. Now that the slaves were gone, they now had to work in their own fields, wash their own clothes, and cook their own meals. They wanted their slaves back and they were willing to do anything in their power to keep them from leaving. This along with political issues put a dent in the success of the Freedmen’s Bureau. No one wanted to deal with the issues of politics. Everyone was so concerned with not going into a depression due to the seriousness of the war that they just came out of that they were not very concerned with certain economical situations. Important issues were not taken care of, such as the financial stability of the economy and how things were handled. All political office personnel’s were in their perspective places, but no one had what it took to keep things going in a smooth direction. The situation that the economy was in and how people in their perspective places were handling certain situations was not looking very good at all. Money
"The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future--a future full of golden promise" (Davis). Although the Civil War was a very corrupt and destructive war that lasted from 1861-1865, it brought upon an everlasting promise for former slaves. It gave them hope for a better life. After the war, all slaves became free leaving a major question of what would be done with them. Slaves were now free with no financial help, along with poor whites, who had no financial help. The major questions were: where would they now live, where would they work, and who would they get their financial support from? The answers to these questions were, The Freedmen’s Bureau. Initially, the Freedmen’s …show more content…
Johnson felt as if it would be unconstitutional, because there was nowhere in the constitution that allowed or permitted this federal organization to be put into place. Although the bill was once vetoed, it was tried again and this time Congress put it into consideration to see how effective it could actually be. Thus, Congress passed the bill for the Freedmen’s Bureau, and it came into effect on March 3, 1865. The Freedmen’s Bureau was run through the War Department so that it could have a strong military force behind it to enforce its rules and regulations. There has always been an issue with enforcement in the United States, but this particular program did not have a hard time with reinforcement, because it was something that was helpful to people of different ethnicities. It even helped to improve the ills of society and to put a dent in racial …show more content…
However, at the same time, while it was attempting to make things better, things were getting worse as well. There were whites in the South as well as in the North that did not want things to be different than they once were. They were strong believers in that their particular skin color was superior above anyone else’s. They wanted things to stay the same. They were not used to doing for themselves because they were so used to the slaves doing everything. Now that the slaves were gone, they now had to work in their own fields, wash their own clothes, and cook their own meals. They wanted their slaves back and they were willing to do anything in their power to keep them from leaving. This along with political issues put a dent in the success of the Freedmen’s Bureau. No one wanted to deal with the issues of politics. Everyone was so concerned with not going into a depression due to the seriousness of the war that they just came out of that they were not very concerned with certain economical situations. Important issues were not taken care of, such as the financial stability of the economy and how things were handled. All political office personnel’s were in their perspective places, but no one had what it took to keep things going in a smooth direction. The situation that the economy was in and how people in their perspective places were handling certain situations was not looking very good at all. Money