mar 2, 1867 - Reconstruction Acts of 1867
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Congress asserted greater control over Reconstruction with a series of acts passed in 1867.One divided the South into military districts and placed the former Confederate states under martial law pending their adoption of constitutions guaranteeing civil liberties to former slaves. Another gave African American men in the South the right to vote. The Tenure of Office Act barred the president from removing officeholders without Senate approval. In August 1867, Johnson tested the Tenure of Office Act by removing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, which prompted Republicans in Congress to impeach the President.
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