What were the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?
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Correct answer: Split the South into military districts, requiring new constitutions with Black male suffrage
The Reconstruction Acts placed former Confederate states under military supervision. They required new constitutions and voting rights for Black men before states could be readmitted.
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