History of the United States II / Unit 1 USH2 0016 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Reconstruction Acts
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The idea
The Reconstruction Acts of eighteen sixty-seven, passed over Johnson's veto, divided ten southern states into five military districts under Union generals.
In practice
New state constitutions, and a vote for every freedman aged twenty-one and over.
Where people slip
Each state had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment before readmission. By the end of eighteen seventy all had ratified and rejoined.
Your place on the trail
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