USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Military Reconstruction Act was the answer to these concerns. The former Confederacy was broken up into five military districts, each to be led by a general. This is called military occupation and gave the generals the power to oversee and control the readmittance of these states into the United States of America.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1867 and 1868, Congress passed four “Reconstruction Acts” that outlined what former Confederate states must do to be readmitted to the Union. Congress was controlled by Republicans, many of whom wanted to punish the South for secession.

Detailed explanation-4: -During Radical Reconstruction, which began with the passage of the Reconstruction Act of 1867, newly enfranchised Black people gained a voice in government for the first time in American history, winning election to southern state legislatures and even to the U.S. Congress.