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After the end of the Civil War, as part of the on-going process of Reconstruction, the United States Congress passed four statutes known as Reconstruction Acts (March 2, 1867 (39 Cong. Ch. 153; 14 Stat. 428), March 23, 1867 (40 Cong. Ch. 6; 15 Stat. 2), July 19, 1867 (40 Cong. Ch. 30; 15 Stat. 14), March 11, 1868 (ch. 25, 15 Stat. 41)).

The acts' main points included:

Creation of five military districts in the seceded states not including Tennessee, which had ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and was readmitted to the Union
Requiring congressitutions (which were required for Confederate states to rejoin the Union)
Confederate states give voting rights to all men.
All former Confederate states must ratify the 14th Amendment.

President Andrew Johnson's vetoes of these measures were overridden by Congress

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 The acts' main points included:
 * Creation of five military districts in the seceded states  not including Tennessee, which had ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and was readmitted to the Union
-* Requiring congressional approval for new state constitutions (which were required for Confederate states to rejoin the Union)
+* Requiring congressitutions (which were required for Confederate states to rejoin the Union)
 * Confederate states give voting rights to '' all '' men.
 * All former Confederate states must ratify the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment]].