Question 20 • (AG Q4) American History 8: 25-26 (AHostetler)
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 divided the former Confederate states into military districts and placed them under military supervision while they formed new governments. So the provision was establishing military control in the South. The act did not itself grant citizenship or voting rights; those were addressed by constitutional amendments and other laws.
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