RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT LINCOLNS LEGACY
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divided the South into five military districts.
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denied citizenship rights to those who joined racist organizations such as the KKK.
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granted former Confederate states financial assistance to rebuild their economies.
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compelled all former Confederate states to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Andrew Johnson and passed the Reconstruction Acts of 1867–68, which sent federal troops to the South to oversee the establishment of state governments that were more democratic. Congress also enacted legislation and amended the Constitution to guarantee the civil rights of freedmen and African Americans in general.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states. The bill divided the former Confederate states, except for Tennessee, into five military districts.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to the Library of Congress: 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.