Military Reconstruction Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:aims_to_improve civil rights of freed slaves
gptkbp:allows African American men to vote
gptkbp:created new state governments in the South
gptkbp:date_enacted 1867
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforces martial law in the South
gptkbp:established registration for voters in the South
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Military Reconstruction Act
gptkbp:influenced the 14th Amendment
gptkbp:is_challenged_by gptkb:Southern_Democrats
gptkbp:is_criticized_for gptkb:political_leaders
gptkbp:is_divided_into Southern states into military districts
gptkbp:is_implemented_in gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:led_to the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau
gptkbp:purpose rebuild the South after the Civil War
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkbp:requires Southern states to create new constitutions
Southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment
gptkbp:resulted_in increased federal presence in the South
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:President_Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Black_Codes
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkb:Radical_Reconstruction
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3