The Freedmen s Bureau - 2615 Words

Chapter 14 Summative Paper Contreras, Jacob - HOUR 4 1. A) Describe the Freedmen’s Bureau, especially what its purpose was. B) Explain how Andrew Johnson became President of the United States. 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,†¦show more content†¦On the other hand, the army finally caught up to John Wilkes Booth and killed him. Since President Abraham Lincoln died, Vice President, Andrew Johnson from Tennessee became the new president of the United States. Radical republicans favored him because they thought he would be very harsh on pardoning the south back into the Union. 2. A) Describe â€Å"Black Codes† in the South, and how Republicans did away with the codes. B) Describe the details of the Reconstruction Act of 1867. During 1866, even though the 13th Amendment ended slavery, Black Codes passed in the South, limited the rights of African Americans. Black codes had many affects on African Americans and the North itself. The Black Codes kept African Americans from owning any land or renting land. The South did not think of this as a new type of slavery. On the other hand, the North thought it was reinventing a new type of slavery. The Republicans got ride on slavery with the help of Congress and the Freedmen’s Bureau. Congress gave power to the Freemen’s Bureau to address the unlawful Black Codes. They punished anyone who did not give African Americans their rights by putting them on a special trial. Congress then passed laws that would take away Black Codes, but President Andrew Johnson vetoed the bill, which means the laws were rejected. Since there was so many Republicans in Congress, they were able to override the President s veto and the bills became