The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.

Reconstruction Acts

US laws on ex-Confederate states' readmission to the Union (1867–68)

The Reconstruction Acts, or the Military Reconstruction Acts, sometimes referred to collectively as the Reconstruction Act of 1867, were four landmark U.S. federal statutes enacted by the 39th and 40th United States Congresses over the vetoes of President Andrew Johnson from…