According to W.E.B. DuBois, one of the greatest problems of the twentieth century is the color line. DuBois states that the color line is the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea. Also, he states that part of this critical problem in American history had given rise to the Civil War. However, many of the men who marched South and North in 1861 may have fixed on the technical points, of union and local autonomy as a shibboleth, all nevertheless knew, as we know, that the question of Negro slavery was the real cause of the conflict. In 1861, the Civil War broke out in America over what was believed to be slavery. However, according to DuBois, Congress, the President, and Nation itself cried that the war was not over the institution of slavery. From this information, one may infer that Congress, …show more content…
DuBois, the Freedmen’s Bureau continued to grow and prosper in American society after its development in 1865. DuBois states that in 1868, nine hundred Bureau officials scattered from Washington to Texas, ruling, directly and indirectly, many millions of men. Also he states that the deeds of these rulers are to aid the relief of physical suffering, the overseeing of the beginnings of free labor, the buying and selling of land, the establishment of schools, the paying of bounties, the administration of justice, and the financiering of all these activities. By 1869, over half a million patients had been treated by Bureau physicians and surgeons, and sixty hospitals and asylums had been in operation. Moreover, with the help of the newly established organization, the Negro was able to adapt faster to the new fast changing environment. For example, Negro’s were now able to select their employer and did not have to worry about working by force. Furthermore, the most crucial part of the Freedmen’s Bureau was it helping to foster the excitement of working in the once distrustful Negro