The reconstruction act of 1867 was significant because it a. granted suffrage to all african american men. b. gave all adult african americans the right to vote. c. made it illegal to deny the right to vote due to race. d. granted citizenship to anyone born in the united states.

Gave all adult African Americans the right to vote.

The Southern States had broken away from the Union during the American Civil War. With the abolition of slavery, the newly freed slaves, or African Americans, had to be integrated within the American socio-economic structures. The Reconstruction Acts specified the terms and conditions under which the Southern States would be able to re-join the Union. The bills of Reconstruction were largely written by Republican Congressmen, who were committed to the idea of preserving the union of the United States.

Further Explanation-

The post-Civil War era witnessed intense political debates in Congress on the terms and conditions that were to be imposed on the Southern States for reconstituting them within the Union. President Andrew Jackson was in the favour of a moderate approach, as compared to his predecessor, Abraham Lincoln, who was committed to preserving the unity of the Union, if necessary, by means of force. However, Jackson’s moderate approach towards the Southern States was unpopular with the Republican Senators, who were in majority within the Senate, and they were committed to granting equal franchise and voting rights to the newly freed African Americans. The Republicans wanted a stringent approach towards readmitting the Southern states in the union and drafted a Bill which had a two-fold approach. Firstly, the Southern States would be divided into five districts and placed under military jurisdiction, with the exception of the state of Tennessee, and all the regional governments of the Southern States would have to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment Act, which recognized the newly freed African Americans as equal American citizens, granting them franchise and voting rights, with equal civil liberties. The States would also have to draft amendments within their constitutions, include universal suffrage for males, and have their constitutions ratified by the Congress.

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Answer Details-

Grade- High School

Chapter- The American Civil war

Subject- History

Keywords-

War, newly freed slaves, end of slavery, constitution, Republicans, committed to union, Fourteenth Amendment Act, the grant of franchise, voting rights, civil liberties, universal male suffrage, citizenship.

A because woman still didnt have the right to vote no woman had the right to vote and in conclusion it isnt B like everyone is saying because they wrong but A trust me people need to read more carefully/check their facts.

where is the section with the question?

it provided for selection of government employees through competitive examinations. it also made it unlawful to fire or demote covered employees for political reasons or to require them to give political service or payment, and it set up a civil service commission to enforce the law.

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