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Reconstruction Act of 1867

By: Madison Cline

What did it do?

10/24/22

-Divided the South into 5 military districts that were each governed by a general.

-They required southern states to guarantee black suffrage and disenfranchised some former confederates.

-Gave all male freed slaves the right to vote and hold public office.

Who did it effect?

  • All male slaves who had been freed

  • White men who took an oath of loyalty.

  • The freedman were given a voice in the government for the first time in American history.

Divided former confederate states

How did it end?

  • White intimidation
  • A significant depression in the South
  • Democratic party winning control of the House of Representatives in 1874

5 military districts

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