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The Freedmen's Bureau bills provided legislative authorization for the Freedmen's Bureau (formally known as the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands), which was set up by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 as part of the United States Army.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 14 relations: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Civil Rights Act of 1866, Congressional Record, Freedmen's Bureau, John Bingham, Ku Klux Klan, Library of Congress, President of the United States, Radical Republicans, Reconstruction era, Slave Trade Act, Southern Democrats, United States Army.

  2. Freedmen's Bureau
  3. Reconstruction Era legislation

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

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Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was an American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869.

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Civil Rights Act of 1866

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (enacted April 9, 1866, reenacted 1870) was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Freedmen's Bureau bills and Civil Rights Act of 1866 are Reconstruction Era legislation.

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Congressional Record

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session.

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Freedmen's Bureau

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. government agency of early post American Civil War Reconstruction, assisting freedmen (i.e., former slaves) in the South.

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John Bingham

John Armor Bingham (January 21, 1815 – March 19, 1900) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative from Ohio and as the United States ambassador to Japan.

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Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Radical Republicans

The Radical Republicans (later also known as "Stalwarts") were a political faction within the Republican Party originating from the party's founding in 1854—some six years before the Civil War—until the Compromise of 1877, which effectively ended Reconstruction.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the eleven former Confederate States of America into the United States.

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Slave Trade Act

Slave Trade Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States that relates to the slave trade.

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Southern Democrats

Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the Southern United States.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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See also

Freedmen's Bureau

Reconstruction Era legislation

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedmen's_Bureau_bills

Also known as Freedman's Bureau Bill, Freedman's Bureau bills, Freedmen Bureau bills, Freedmen's Bureau Bill, Second Freedmen's Bureau Act.