History of the United States II / Unit 1 USH2 0010 short lesson, about 20 seconds
What the Bureau Built
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The idea
The Freedmen's Bureau distributed food, reunited families separated by slavery, and established schools, working alongside groups such as the American Missionary Association.
In practice
Fisk, Hampton and Dillard universities, all founded with the Bureau's help.
Where people slip
Opponents attacked it as wasteful federal activism. That charge, government doing too much, returns again and again in this course.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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