Law
First Reconstruction Act
Divided most former Confederate states into military districts and required new constitutions, ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, and Black male suffrage as conditions for readmission to the Union.
Year
1867
Impact
Positive
Status
Expired
Party
Republican Party
Era
Civil War and Reconstruction
Impact Context
The Act reset federal Reconstruction on more expansive civil-rights terms, tying Southern readmission to constitutional change and Black political participation.
What This Policy Did
The Act reset federal Reconstruction on more expansive civil-rights terms, tying Southern readmission to constitutional change and Black political participation.
Share This Card
This page is meant to stand on its own. The link is stable and readable out of context.
Sources
U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives • Government
Official historical data page describing the First Reconstruction Act and its conditions for readmission.
U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives • Government
Official House historical exhibit describing Andrew Johnson's resistance to Reconstruction legislation and congressional overrides.