Which statement is NOT a feature of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?

• A. Immediate readmission of Southern states after the 13th Amendment.
• B. Division of the South into military districts.
• C. Requirement of new state constitutions with male suffrage.
• D. Ratification of the 14th Amendment and military supervision.

Answer: (D)

The main idea is how the Reconstruction Acts reorganized the former Confederacy after the Civil War. They split the South into five military districts under federal command to enforce Reconstruction policies, and they required the new state governments to be created under conditions set by Congress. States had to draft new constitutions that guaranteed rights for African Americans, specifically male suffrage, and they had to ratify the 14th Amendment as a condition for readmission to the Union. Military supervision remained to supervise the process and ensure compliance with these requirements. The claim that Southern states were readmitted immediately after the 13th Amendment is not accurate; readmission was contingent on meeting these conditions, not automatic. The features described in the other statements—military district divisions, new constitutions with black male suffrage, and ratification of the 14th Amendment under military oversight—were indeed part of what the Reconstruction Acts established.