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Reconstruction Acts: Following the Civil War, the United States senate enacted the reconstruction acts of 1867 to establish military action in reble states. The reconstruction acts created military districts across the established U.S territories.
(The above photo provides a map of the military districts created during reconstruction)
The reconstruction act created new goverments that mandated blacks into
political positions therefore enabling blacks to fight for their rights. These
rights, such as citizenship, equal protection and a bill of rights for each
state were successfully added to the Constitution with the 14th amendment. We
also know the 13th amendment abolished slavery and the 15th amendment granted
every citizen of the united states the right to vote. The end of
reconsctruction came with the control of the southern states being turned over
to the democrats and the decision to build the transcontinental railroad these
two significant changes ended reconstruction. Without union troops and the
democratcs controling the states we started to see such things as Jim Crow laws
pop up and the control over blacks in the south returning.
political positions therefore enabling blacks to fight for their rights. These
rights, such as citizenship, equal protection and a bill of rights for each
state were successfully added to the Constitution with the 14th amendment. We
also know the 13th amendment abolished slavery and the 15th amendment granted
every citizen of the united states the right to vote. The end of
reconsctruction came with the control of the southern states being turned over
to the democrats and the decision to build the transcontinental railroad these
two significant changes ended reconstruction. Without union troops and the
democratcs controling the states we started to see such things as Jim Crow laws
pop up and the control over blacks in the south returning.
(This short video details reconstruction in a humirous fashion while being very detailed. )