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Question 1

what was the freedom bureau

Answer 1

The Freedman’s Bureau (1865 march) was a federal agency created immediately after the Civil War to help the South’s ex-slaves by giving them educational opportunities, health care, and job training. The organization was also helpful in uniting families that had been separated in slave sales. Had this system not been created by the Congress, it would’ve left many African Americans and poor Southerners to die of starvation, medical illnesses, or even due to lack of shelter. The Bureau provided all of the above including an exceptional education system for African Americans.

Question 2

significance of the freedom bureau

Answer 2

Now African Americans were slowly moving up to the place of whites in society. The Freedmen’s Bureau was ridding discrimination and enforcing equality for all members of the American society. The Freedmen’s Bureau acted as a backbone to all African Americans. They weren’t just left with nothing after earning freedom. It can be interpreted that the Bureau served the role of guidance in the transitional period. Without the establishment of the Bureau, African Americans would’ve been left with absolutely nothing.