The Reconstruction Governments
- The Radicals' plan for Reconstruction
- John Roy Lynch: African American Legislator
- Robert Smalls: A Daring Deed, and a Stellar Career
- Developments in the North and the West
- Achievements and disappointments
- For More Information
The passage of the Reconstruction Acts by the U.S. Congress in 1867 set in motion a remarkable experiment. Because this legislation (passed over the objections of President Andrew Johnson [1808–1875; served 1865–69] and many white Southerners) guaranteed participation by all the citizens of the South—whether black or white—this experiment was truly revolutionary. For the first...
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