Reconstruction Act Of 1867 Definition. Reconstruction acts definition, the acts of congress during the period from 1865 to 1877 providing for the reorganization of the former confederate states and setting forth the process by which they were to be restored to representation in congress, especially the acts passed in 1867 and 1868. Three dynamic measures were passed in 1867 and an additional legislation was enacted the following year.
Three dynamic measures were passed in 1867 and an additional legislation was enacted the following year. The reconstruction act series of laws were passed by the radical republicans in congress who had almost complete control over the policies made in government in relation to. The reconstruction acts, or the military reconstruction acts, (march 2, 1867, 14 stat.