There was an impressive surge in political participation after the Civil War, due largely to the Reconstruction Acts.

The South is divided into five Union occupation districts under the Reconstruction Act.

Most of the measures suggested by Spalding were adopted into the Reconstruction Acts.

The following year Congress passed several "Reconstruction Acts," which were sweeping pieces of legislation placing most of the southern states under military government.

This refusal led to the passage of the Reconstruction Acts.

Simply put, it is the Reconstruction Act.

Most southern states refused to ratify the amendment, and a series of Reconstruction Acts put the former Confederacy under military rule for a short time.

By 1867, Texas was under full military control, with Union forces acting in all capacities including law enforcement, because of the Reconstruction Act.

Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, dissolving state governments and dividing the South into military districts.

The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 laid out the process for readmitting Southern states into the Union.