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Freedmen's Bureau

= = Freedmen's Bureau was formed on March 3, 1865. The Congress formed Freedmen's Bureau. Freedmen's Bureau was to help former slaves and poor white people in the South after the U.S. Civil War. Such as Hospitals Schools distributed clothes, food and fuel throughout the south. The Freedmen's Bureau was established to aid African Americans during the reconstruction that followed the American Civil War. It was intended to help newly freed African Americans to find jobs and health care and to get their educations. The underfunded bureau only lasted about three years before it was dismantled by Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln's successor. Freedmen's Bureau benefitted the South by helping freed black men and women get food, find jobs, and get appropriate medical care and coverage. Freedmen's Bureau had a big impact on the South and it was that they would help all freed slaves establish schools, purchase land, and legalize their marriages. Bibliography: [] and Social Studies Textbook