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This 3 page paper evaluates two sources that discuss President Andrew Johnson’s veto of the reauthorization of the Freedman’s Bureau in 1866. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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act which almost certainly was instrumental in his impeachment. This paper does not trace the history of the veto but instead analyzes two articles written about it. Discussion The first
is an article by Ira C. Colby entitled "The Freedmens Bureau: From Social Welfare to Segregation"; it appeared in Phylon, a journal largely concerned with race and culture; its published
by Clark Atlanta University, a predominantly black four-year university. This article appeared in 1985. The main point of the article is not Johnsons veto, but what the establishment of
the Bureau meant for the country, and the controversy it caused. The Bureau was intended to help honor the tenets of the Emancipation Proclamation by helping refugees from the war,
white and black, freed slaves, and dealing with abandoned lands. Colby writes that his article provides an overview of the Bureaus work that "illustrates a lack in both program direction
and national support for the provision of social service"; it also shows that "segregation emerged as the dominant national social philosophy, agreeable to whites and blacks" (Colby, 1985, p. 220).
Some of the problems with the Bureau had to do with the fact that many blacks were too poor to take advantage of the idea of moving to abandoned lands;
in addition, white Southerners, as is well known, were not ready to accommodate the entry of blacks into society. Colby discusses the successes and failures of the Bureau, how it
contributed to institutionalized segregation, and mentions the Johnson veto, but only in passing. Thats not his main objective here. Reaction: The article is interesting and detailed. Colby organizes his material
well, tracing the history of the Bureau chronologically from its inception to its demise, and what it did and did not accomplish. Stylistically its clear that Colby is an historian,
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