Which of the following statements is true of the Reconstruction Act?

A) It ended the sharecropping system.
B) It established black men's legal right to vote in the former Confederacy.
C) It banned the use of federal troops for enforcing civil rights laws in the southern states.
D) It ended the period known as "Radical Reconstruction."
E) It was supported by President Johnson.

Reconstruction Act

1867 law that established temporary military governments in ten Confederate states—excepting Tennessee—and required that the states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment and permit freedmen to vote.

Black Men's Voting

Pertains to the historical and contemporary issues surrounding African American men's right to vote, including barriers to voter registration, disenfranchisement, and the impact of legislation meant to protect or restrict this right.

Former Confederacy

Refers to the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and fought against the United States during the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865.