RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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Freedman’s House
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Freedman’s Hospital
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Freedman’s Plantation
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Freedman’s Bureau
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Detailed explanation-1: -On March 3, 1865, Congress passed “An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -To address this concern, the Secret Service was established in 1865 as a bureau in the Treasury Department to suppress widespread counterfeiting. After the assassination of President McKinley in 1901, the Secret Service was tasked with the full-time protection of the President of the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Intended as a temporary agency to last the duration of the war and one year afterward, the bureau was placed under the authority of the War Department and the majority of its original employees were Civil War soldiers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Due to pressure from white Southerners, Congress dismantled the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1872. The Bureau failed to make a real stride towards racial equality mostly due to the fight between Congress and the President, as well as subpar funding.