Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Alabama
gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:Florida
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Louisiana
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkb:Texas
gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Military_Reconstruction_Acts
gptkbp:appliesTo former Confederate states
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_federal_law
Reconstruction Era legislation
1867 in American law
gptkbp:dateEnacted March 2, 1867
gptkbp:dividedInto five military districts
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:excludes gptkb:Tennessee
gptkbp:firstActPassed March 2, 1867
gptkbp:fourthActPassed March 11, 1868
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Reconstruction Acts of 1867
gptkbp:militaryCommandersAppointedBy gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:numberOfActs four
gptkbp:overriddenPresidentialVeto true
gptkbp:partOf Reconstruction legislation
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:Reconstruction_of_the_Southern_United_States_after_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:repealedBy none
gptkbp:requires gptkb:ratification_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
Southern states to draft new constitutions
conventions to draft new state constitutions
guarantee of voting rights to African American men
registration of eligible voters
states to provide for universal male suffrage
gptkbp:secondActPassed March 23, 1867
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:thirdActPassed July 19, 1867
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Presidential_Reconstruction
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5