1. What role did the Freedmen's Bureau play in Reconstruction?

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2. How did the wartime economies of the North and South compare?

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Answer 1

1. It allowed African Americans to recieve an education

2. The North had more mone because it controlled the factories.

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Answer 2

The majority of historians believe that the Freedmen's Bureau made a very small impact, if any, on the freedmen during reconstruction. A few of the reasons for the Bureau's failures as a provider for social welfare include the following:

lack of funds

weak organization of the Bureau's internal structure

opposition from conservatives

and apathy of the Southern community

Despite the many criticisms, the Freedmen's Bureau did help African-Americans gain access to the rights that they were denied during slavery. Four of these rights were:

Social Services

The Freedmen's Bureau helped black communities to establish schools and churches. Under slavery, blacks had been denied the right to education and religion.

Violence and Justice

The Freemen's Bureau monitored the civil authorities in cases that involved African-Americans. Initially, the Freedmen's Bureau conducted its own court of law when it was illegal for a black to testify in court in the majority of Southern sates.

Labor and Contracts

The labor system of the South had to be completely restructured after the war. Many former slave owners attempted to trick former slaves into entering contracts under the same terms as under the slavery system. The Freedmen's Bureau acted on the behalf of blacks to negotiate fair contracts for labor and property.

Family Services

Freedom offered blacks the opportunity to establish a firm family structure. The Freedmen's Bureau acted as a clearinghouse of information to aide blacks in finding lost relatives and mediated domestic disputes.

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2. The North's economy was based on manufacturing and the South was based in agriculture.