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  2. Reconstruction Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Reconstruction Acts, or the Military Reconstruction Acts (March 2, 1867, 14 Stat. 428-430, c.153; March 23, 1867, 15 Stat. 2-5, c.6; July 19, 1867, 15 Stat. 14-16, c.30; and March 11, 1868, 15 Stat. 41, c.25), were four statutes passed during the Reconstruction Era by the 40th United States Congress addressing the requirement for Southern States to be readmitted to the Union.

  3. Reconstruction military districts - Wikipedia

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    Following the end of the American Civil War, five Reconstruction Military Districts of the U.S. Army were established as temporary administrative units of the U.S. War Department in the American South. The districts were stipulated by the Reconstruction Acts during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War. [1]

  4. First Military District - Wikipedia

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    The First Military District of the U.S. Army was one of five temporary administrative units of the U.S. War Department that existed in the American South.The district was stipulated by the Reconstruction Acts during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War. [1]

  5. Reconstruction era - Wikipedia

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    August 12, 1867: Johnson suspends Secretary of War Edwin Stanton from office over his military reconstruction policies. March 2 and 3, 1868: Congress impeaches President Johnson on eleven articles of impeachment for violating the Tenure of Office Act. May 26, 1868: The Senate narrowly votes against convicting Johnson.

  6. Ten percent plan - Wikipedia

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    The ten percent plan, formally the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (13 Stat. 737), was a United States presidential proclamation issued on December 8, 1863, by United States President Abraham Lincoln, during the American Civil War.

  7. Posse Comitatus Act - Wikipedia

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    The Act, § 15 of the appropriations bill for the Army for 1879 (found at 20 Stat. 152) was a response to, and subsequent prohibition of, the military occupation of the former Confederate States by the United States Army during the twelve years of Reconstruction (1865–1877) following the American Civil War (1861–1865).

  8. Georgia during Reconstruction - Wikipedia

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    His efforts to prolong military rule caused considerable divisions in the states party, while black politicians complained that they did not receive an adequate share of patronage. In February 1870 the newly constituted legislature ratified the Fifteenth Amendment and chose new Senators to send to Washington. On July 15, Georgia became the last ...

  9. Martial law - Wikipedia

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    Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. [1] Martial law can continue for a specified amount of time, or indefinitely, and standard civil liberties may be suspended for as long as martial law continues.