First Reconstruction Act, 1867, the Radical Republican Program

"Be it enacted, That said rebel States shall be divided into military districts and made subject to the military authority of the United States...That it shall be the duty of each officer...to protect all persons in their rights of persons and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder, and violence, or cause to be punished, all disturbers of the public peace and criminals...."


1. Would this Act impact political, social, and/or economic freedom? How?



2. What do you think will happen when the military leaves the south (10 years later, in 1877)?



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