A radical group of republicans in Congress who wanted revenge on the South. Lincoln was assassinated before his ideas regarding reconstruction could be developed. Andrew Johnson who was his successor, was threatened with impeachment and thwarted by the radicals for agreeing with Lincoln that the Southern states should be forgiven and pardoned to reunite all the states as quickly as possible.
Miltary Reconstruction Act
It was the first civil rights bill passed by Congress since Reconstruction.-Novanet
Southerners generally reacted to the Reconstruction Act of 1867 with resistance and hostility. Many white Southerners viewed the act as an imposition of Northern power and a violation of their rights, leading to widespread anger and the formation of groups like the Ku Klux Klan to oppose Reconstruction efforts. Additionally, there was significant pushback against the political enfranchisement of formerly enslaved people, as many white Southerners sought to regain control over their states and maintain white supremacy. Overall, the act deepened divisions and fueled resentment in the South.
Virginia
the Reconstruction Act
Andrew Johnson and anyone who agreed with his beliefs, supported the reconstruction act.
The Reconstruction Acts divided the south into five military districts. Each district was commanded by a general, which would serve as the acting government for the region.
March 2, 1867
Outlawing the Black Codes Passing the First Reconstruction Act Passing the Civil Rights Act
the military reconstruction act was enacted.
Civil Rights Act
4 parts of reconstruction act of 1867
4 parts of reconstruction act of 1867
The four Reconstruction Acts, passed by Congress in 1867, were known as the First Reconstruction Act, the Second Reconstruction Act, the Third Reconstruction Act, and the Fourth Reconstruction Act. These acts aimed to establish military governance in the Southern states, ensure the civil rights of freedmen, and set the conditions for re-admittance of the Southern states into the Union. They required states to create new constitutions guaranteeing voting rights to African American men and to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
the First Reconstruction Act
the First Reconstruction Act
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was introduced by President Andrew Johnson.