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Oct 29, 2009 · Updated: January 24, 2024 | Original: October 29, 2009. copy page link. Print Page. Archive Photos/Getty Images. Reconstruction (1865-1877), the turbulent era following the Civil War, was the...
Reconstruction Acts, U.S. legislation enacted in 1867–68 that outlined the conditions under which the Southern states would be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War (1861–65). The bills were largely written by the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress .
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Summary. Republicans in Congress were livid at the continuing resistance of Southern states in passing legislation like the Black Codes, were horrified by the political and racial violence occurring in Southern cities like New Orleans, and were fearful that Confederates who had just been in open war against the national government would soon be ...
The Reconstruction Acts, or the Military Reconstruction Acts (March 2, 1867, 14 Stat. 428-430, c.153; March 23, 1867, 15 Stat. 2-5, c.6; July 19, 1867, 15 Stat. 14-16, c.30; and March 11, 1868, 15 Stat. 41, c.25), were four statutes passed during the Reconstruction Era by the 40th United States Congress addressing the requirement for Southern ...
Mar 14, 2016 · The Reconstruction Acts of 1867. This reading examines measures of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, which enacted the plan that became known as Radical Reconstruction. Last Updated: March 14, 2016.
Reconstruction, the period (1865–77) after the American Civil War during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had seceded.
Landmark Legislation: The Reconstruction Act of 1867. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states. The bill divided the former Confederate states, except for Tennessee, into five military districts.
