Reconstruction Acts

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U.S. History. 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.

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How to use Reconstruction Acts in a sentence

Groups like CAIR and leading intellectuals and imams have been denouncing acts like these for years.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Excerpted from Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen by Philip Dray.
The Black Man Who Replaced Jefferson Davis in the Senate|Philip Dray|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Ed Brooke, the first African-American Senator since Reconstruction, embraced fights with the left and right.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He was also swept about in the music of D.C., a scene which gave rise to such acts as Fugazi and Thievery Corporation.
DJ Spooky Wants You To Question Everything You Know About Music, Technology, and Philosophy|Oliver Jones|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Putin, because of his acts in Ukraine, he lost Russkiy Mir as a phenomenon.
Rebranding The Land of Mongol Warriors & Ivan The Terrible|Anna Nemtsova|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But if God made man, then God is responsible for all man's acts and thoughts, and therefore man cannot sin against God.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
It was at this parliament that the famous acts against horse racing and deceitful gaming were passed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He accuses the latter of various illegal and crafty acts, among them sending contraband gold and jewels to Mexico.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Third: The mind acts on the perceived relations and finds relations among them.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
He is small, alert, brimful of jokes and of years; seventy they say, but he neither looks it nor acts it.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton