mar 2, 1867 - Reconstruction Act of 1867
Description:
-divided and conquered South into 5 military districts each under the command of a US general-to reenter the Union, Confederate states had to grant the vote to freedmen and deny it to leading ex-Confederates
-ratify 13th and 14th amendments into their constitutions
-Johnson vetoed but Congress overrode
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Date:
mar 2, 1867
Now
~ 158 years ago