The Freedman’s Bureau was a divisive agency in the South following the Civil War. What do Edmonston’s beliefs about the Bureau reflect Southern antipathies toward federal agencies during Reconstruction?

Southerners supported any agency attempting to rebuild the South

People rejected the Bureau in terms of fiscal responsibility, seeing it as an unneeded expenditure of money

The Freedman’s Bureau was seen as another overextension of Federal power, the same way federal action during the Civil War was framed by southerners

Southerners generally viewed the Bureau as beneficial for former slaves in terms of education and economic support