The Reconstruction Acts divided the south into five military districts. Each district was commanded by a general, which would serve as the acting government for the region.
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Ten southern states that had not yet approved the 14th amendment and been readmitted to the Union were divided into five military districts.
The Reconstruction Acts divided the south into five military districts. Each district was commanded by a general, which would serve as the acting government for the region.
In March 1867 the Congress passed a Reconstruction Act that imposed its desired version of reconstruction on the South. Ten former Confederate states were grouped into five military districts. Each district was ruled by a military governor provided with large powers to compel those states to set up conventions to amend their constitutions as to properly conform with the Constitution of the United States, including the Fourteenth Amendment. After those stages had been completed, the aforesaid states would have been readmitted to the Union as well as their representatives in the Federal Congress.
There was a U.S. military base there from 1867 to 1877.
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Following the Union victory in the Civil War, Tennessee had already been readmitted to the Union in July 1866, The remaining Confederate States were governed by the North as military districts, as per the Reconstruction Act passed in March 1867.
The reconstruction act of 1867 was a series of statutes meant to help reconstruct the United States after the devastation of the Civil War. These statutes where made to : - give voting rights to all men in Confederate states -have all former Confederate states ratify the 14th amendment - require congressional approval for new state constitutions -create five military districts Also, some dogs have been known to grow a fifth limb!