mar 2, 1867 - Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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Congress overrode another presidential veto to pass this law, which said:

The South was divided into five military districts and governed by military
governors until acceptable state constitutions could be written and approved by
Congress.
• All males, regardless of race, but excluding former Confederate leaders, were
permitted to participate in the constitutional conventions that formed the new
governments in each state.
• New state constitutions were required to provide for universal manhood suffrage
(voting rights for all men) without regard to race.
• States were required to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in order to be
readmitted to the Union.

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