Question

What was the Reconstruction Act of 18677 Who was supporting it? Why?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 began the period of time known as Radical Reconstruction. These laws included the following measures:

The South was divided into five military districts and governed by military governors until acceptable state constitutions could be written and approved by Congress.

All males, regardless of race, but excluding former Confederate leaders, were permitted to participate in the constitutional conventions that formed the new governments in each state.

New state constitutions were required to provide for universal manhood suffrage (voting rights for all men) without regard to race.

States were required to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in order to be readmitted to the Union.