Reconstruction Acts of 1867
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The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 were a series of U.S. laws that placed the former Confederate states under military rule and set strict conditions for their readmission to the Union, including ratifying the 14th Amendment and guaranteeing Black male suffrage.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Reconstruction-era legislation
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United States federal legislation → |
| affectedGroup |
formerly enslaved African Americans
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white former Confederates → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Military Reconstruction Acts
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| appliesToTerritory |
ex-Confederate South
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former Confederate states → |
| country |
United States
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| dateEnacted |
July 19, 1867
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March 11, 1868 → March 2, 1867 → March 23, 1867 → |
| dividedInto |
five military districts
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| enactedInYear |
1867
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| expandedPoliticalRightsOf |
Black men
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| followedBy |
Radical Reconstruction policies
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| hasPart |
First Reconstruction Act
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Fourth Reconstruction Act → Second Reconstruction Act → Third Reconstruction Act → |
| historicalContext |
post–American Civil War settlement
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| introducedConcept |
military rule over Southern states
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| legalEffect |
invalidated existing Southern state governments formed under Presidential Reconstruction
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set procedures for drafting new state constitutions in the South → |
| legalStatus |
federal law
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| legislativeBody |
United States Congress
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| longTermImpact |
expansion of African American political participation during Reconstruction
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foundation for Reconstruction governments in the South → |
| mainSubject |
Reconstruction of the Southern states after the American Civil War
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| opposedBy |
President Andrew Johnson
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many white Southerners → |
| partOf |
Reconstruction policies of the United States
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| placedUnderAuthorityOf |
Union Army commanders
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| politicalGoal |
protection of civil and political rights of freedmen
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readmission of former Confederate states to the Union → reorganization of Southern state governments → |
| precededBy |
Presidential Reconstruction policies
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| presidentDuringPassage |
Andrew Johnson
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| requiredConditionForReadmission |
adoption of new state constitutions
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guarantee of Black male suffrage → provision for universal male suffrage regardless of race → ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment → |
| requiredRatificationOf |
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| restrictedPoliticalRightsOf |
former Confederate leaders
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| supportedBy |
Radical Republicans
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| timePeriod |
Reconstruction era
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| topic |
Black male suffrage in the Reconstruction South
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military occupation of the South → readmission of seceded states → |
| vetoedBy |
Andrew Johnson
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| vetoOverriddenBy |
United States Congress
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Referenced by (14)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Reconstruction Acts of 1867
("First Reconstruction Act")
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Reconstruction Acts of 1867 ("Second Reconstruction Act") → Reconstruction Acts of 1867 ("Third Reconstruction Act") → Reconstruction Acts of 1867 ("Fourth Reconstruction Act") → |
hasPart |
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Reconstruction era
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Reconstruction era ("Military Reconstruction Acts") → |
significantEvent |
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Radical Republicanism
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Zachariah Chandler ("Reconstruction Acts") → |
supported |
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Reconstruction Acts of 1867
("Military Reconstruction Acts")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Compromise of 1877
("Reconstruction Acts")
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follows |
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Black Codes
("Reconstruction Acts")
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ledTo |
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Civil Rights Act of 1871
("Reconstruction Acts")
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partOf |
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impeachment of Andrew Johnson
("Reconstruction Acts")
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relatedLegislation |
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Constitution of 1866 (Texas)
("Reconstruction Acts of Congress")
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repealedBy |