Question

and changed the way the treated their citizens

1. list three actions the military reconstruction act took. give one reason why you think white southerners

were upset about it?

Explanation:

The Military Reconstruction Act (part of U.S. Reconstruction after the Civil War) had key actions: 1) Divided the South into 5 military districts, each under a Union general. 2) Required Southern states to rewrite constitutions with Black male suffrage. 3) Made states ratify the 14th Amendment (equal protection) to rejoin the Union. White Southerners were upset because these actions reduced their political power (e.g., Black voting, Northern military control) and challenged their traditional social hierarchy (including racial dominance).

Answer:

Three actions of the Military Reconstruction Act:

1. Divided the former Confederate states into 5 military districts, each governed by a Union Army general.
2. Mandated Southern states to draft new state constitutions that included Black male suffrage (the right to vote).
3. Required states to ratify the 14th Amendment (granting equal protection under the law to all citizens) to be readmitted to the Union.

One reason White Southerners were upset: The act diminished their political control by empowering Black voters and placing the South under Northern military rule, threatening their traditional social and racial hierarchy (e.g., white supremacy, elite political power).