History of the United States I / Unit 17 USH1 2416 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Reconstruction as Federal Power
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The idea
The Reconstruction Acts of eighteen sixty-seven placed ten southern states under martial law in five military districts, each commanded by a Union general.
In practice
Twenty thousand federal troops protecting freed people, with elections and voter registration under military oversight.
Where people slip
Unit 16 covers the acts and the Force Acts that followed, which let the president suspend habeas corpus against the Klan.
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