They were grouped into five military districts, each one ruled by a military governor supported by military units to ensure that Law and Order were restored and the provisions of the Reconstruction Act were applied.
Particularly, those States had to organise conventions to amend their own Constitutions, conforming the same with the Constitution of the United States and including the incorporation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
After that, they could have been readmitted to the Union including the right of being represented in the federal Congress by their own representatives.
4 parts of reconstruction act of 1867
The Congress, in March 1867
With exception of Tennessee, which was readmitted in 1866, the ten former Confederate States were readmitted between 1868 and 1870.
Congress passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867
March 2, 1867
4 parts of reconstruction act of 1867
4 parts of reconstruction act of 1867
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was introduced by President Andrew Johnson.
in 1867
They would be divided into military districts headed by union generals
The Congressional plan of Reconstruction of 1867, also known as the Reconstruction Act of 1867, divided the South into military districts, required Southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment, and establish new state governments with black male suffrage. It also sought to protect the civil rights of freed slaves and ensure their participation in government.
1867
The Congress, in March 1867
Military Reconstruction Act of 1867
With exception of Tennessee, which was readmitted in 1866, the ten former Confederate States were readmitted between 1868 and 1870.
Congress passed the 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.