military+Reconstructionih+Act

The Military Reconstruction Act was passed on March 7, 1867 in spite of President Johnsons veto. This act rebuild the governments of the southern states using the governments of the northern states as examples. This divided the south into five military districts, first one was North Carolina and South Carolina. The second was Georgia, Alabama and the third was Florida. Fourth was Mississippi and Arkansas. Fifth district was Louisiana and Texas. The territories were placed under the military control of the United States. The Reconstruction Act required southern states to elect new government officials. The final term of the act was that the new southern state governments needed to pass the 14 Admendments which defined citizenship and gave ecery citizen the right to due process.