RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT LINCOLNS LEGACY
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Congress has power to allow states to re-enter union.
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Set up military rule of the South and took control of certain functions of the president.
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Reconstructed America’s militia
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What Was the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867? The Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 was part of the Radical Republican plan to reintegrate the former-Confederate states back into the Union. After the Civil War ended, people across the political spectrum debated just how harsh the Union should be on the South.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Reconstruction Acts established military rule over Southern states until new governments could be formed. They also limited some former Confederate officials’ and military officers’ rights to vote and to run for public office.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why was the Reconstruction era important? The Reconstruction era redefined U.S. citizenship and expanded the franchise, changed the relationship between the federal government and the governments of the states, and highlighted the differences between political and economic democracy.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Reconstruction Era lasted from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to 1877. Its main focus was on bringing the southern states back into full political participation in the Union, guaranteeing rights to former slaves and defining new relationships between African Americans and whites.