The Freedmen's Bureau Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:administered_by gptkb:the_Bureau_of_Refugees,_Freedmen,_and_Abandoned_Lands
gptkbp:aims_to_improve poverty among freedmen
gptkbp:created labor contracts
gptkbp:date_enacted March 3, 1865
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:United_States_Congress
the Reconstruction Era
gptkbp:established gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau
gptkbp:government_response the social upheaval after the Civil War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Freedmen's Bureau Act
gptkbp:includes_provisions_for voting rights advocacy
gptkbp:influenced_future_legislation_on civil rights
gptkbp:is_a_key_component_of the fight for equality
gptkbp:is_aimed_at promote civil rights
gptkbp:is_challenged_by Supreme Court decisions
gptkbp:is_criticized_for limited funding
due to political opposition
ineffectiveness in land redistribution
gptkbp:is_designed_to assist in the transition from slavery to freedom
gptkbp:is_facilitated_by land redistribution
gptkbp:is_funded_by the federal government
gptkbp:is_implemented_in gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Southern_Democrats
gptkbp:is_tasked_with African Americans post-Civil War
gptkbp:landmark American social policy
gptkbp:led_to establishment of schools for African Americans
gptkbp:legacy the Civil Rights Movement.
gptkbp:originated_in racial equality
gptkbp:part_of rebuild the South after the Civil War
gptkbp:provided gptkb:education
medical care
food and housing assistance
gptkbp:provided_legal_assistance_to freedmen
gptkbp:provides_opportunities_for employment for freedmen
gptkbp:provides_support_for war refugees
gptkbp:purpose to aid freed slaves and poor whites
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:strategic_goals some historians
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau_Extension_Act
gptkbp:was_a_federal_initiative_to assist freed slaves
gptkbp:was_a_precursor_to later civil rights movements
gptkbp:was_a_response_to the end of the Civil War
gptkbp:was_a_response_to_the_abolition_of slavery
gptkbp:was_designed_to_help reintegrate freed slaves into society
gptkbp:was_intended_to_address the needs of newly freed individuals
gptkbp:was_involved_in land leasing agreements
gptkbp:was_part_of Reconstruction Era policies
the larger Reconstruction effort
gptkbp:was_part_of_a_broader_movement_for gptkb:social_justice
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:Radical_Republicans
abolitionists
gptkbp:was_terminated in 1872
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Civil_War_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6