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Why was the Freedmens Bureau created?
After the Civil War, the slaves were freed. However, many were subjected to tremendous intimidation. Most had no place to live except the old slave cabins. They had no clothes to wear. They had little money. The former masters needed cheap labor and they had desperate people on their hands. In this situation, the Federal Government created the Freedmen's Bureau.
Which president was responsible for assisting the creations of the Federal Bureau of Prisons?
the legislation was drafted, passed, and signed into law by president Herbert Hoover on may 1930, creatin the Federal Bureau of Prisons within the Department of justice
What was the failure of the freedmen's bureau?
it was that no one support the bureau
Why was Johnson's reconstruction plan likely to provoke problems with congress?
Johnson granted pardon's to people who took an oath of loyalty, No pardons would be available to high Confederate officials and persons owning property valued in excess of $20,000. Not only that but he felt a state need to abolish slavery before it could be readmitted. He also was not a great people person. A clash between Johnson and congress was inevitable at this point. But eventually congress brewed up a plan(pardon the term) Congress passed the civil right bill in 1866, when President Johnson vetoed a bill to extend the life of the Freedmen's Bureau. Congress wanted to amend it to include protection for the black population. So as you can see congress didn"t really have a plan for reconstruction so they differ very extremely. sorry for any falsifications i may have made it been a while
What did Edgar Hoover do during the depression?
During the Great Depression, J. Edgar Hoover was director of the Bureau of Investigations, precursor to the Federal Bureau of Investigations. At that time, the Bureau focused on breaking up gangs of bank robbers, particularly in the midwest; on the other hand, Hoover denied that mafia-style organized crime existed, possibly because he enjoyed gambling himself.Herbert Hoover, on the other hand, was President of the United States from 1929-1933.
