4 März 1867 Jahr - Reconstruction Acts

Beschreibung:

AKA: Military Reconstruction Acts

March 2, 1867, 14 Stat. 428-430, c.153
March 23, 1867, 15 Stat. 2-5, c.6
July 19, 1867, 15 Stat. 14-16, c.30
March 11, 1868, 15 Stat. 41, c.25

Four statutes passed during the Reconstruction Era by the 40th United States Congress addressing the requirements for Southern States to be readmitted to the Union. Fulfillment of the requirements of the Acts was necessary for the former Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union from military and Federal control imposed during and after the American Civil War. The Acts excluded Tennessee, which had already ratified the 14th Amendment and had been readmitted to the Union on July 24, 1866.

A key addition of the Acts included the creation of five military districts in the South, each commanded by a general, which would serve as the acting government for the region. In addition, Congress required that each state draft a new state constitution, which would have to be approved by Congress. The states also were required to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and grant voting rights to black men. President Andrew Johnson's vetoes of these measures were overridden by Congress.