Five Military Districts

Name Date In-Depth Resources: Unit 4 CHAPTER 15 Section 2 Congressional Reconstruction 15.2

Pupil’s Edition, Skillbuilder: Map & Geography pp. 328–331

fter the Civil War ended in 1865, the northern for readmission to the Union. By 1868 six states had Aand southern states needed to reunite. According met the necessary requirements and regained state- to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, the Confederate hood. Four of the remaining states—including states, with the exception of Tennessee, were divided Texas—remained under military rule. into five military districts. Each district was under the In 1869 Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment, control of a Union official and armed troops. To rejoin giving U.S. citizens the right to vote, which “shall not the Union, the Southern states under military rule be denied . . . on account of race, color, or previous were required to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. condition of servitude.” Congress required the states Tennessee was exempted from military rule and that had not fulfilled the Reconstruction Act to also rat- allowed to rejoin the Union because it had ratified ify this amendment in order to rejoin the Union. More the Fourteenth Amendment. than a year later, in April 1870, Texas was readmitted as Residents of the former Confederate states resented a state into the Union. This marked the end of military military rule, but there was little they could do to rule in the state. It also brought an end to the Fifth change it. Their states needed to meet the conditions Military District.

40°N District I District II VIRGINIA District III 1870 District IV District V 35°N Not districted NORTH CAROLINA 1868 18-- Year of readmission TENNESSEE 1866 into the Union SOUTH CAROLINA 1868 ARKANSAS 1868 ° GEORGIA 75 W ALABAMA 1870 ATLANTIC 1868 MISSISSIPPI OCEAN °N 1870 30

TEXAS 1870 LOUISIANA 1868 FLORIDA 1868 Gulf of Mexico

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Texas and the Union ✯ 43 Five Military Districts continued Interpreting Maps and the Text

1. Which state was in its own military district? Which district was it in?

2. Which pairs of states were combined into military districts?

3. Which three states were included in a single military district?

4. Which Confederate state was not placed in a military district? Why?

5. Which state was readmitted into the Union in 1866?

6. Which state made up the Fifth Military District with Texas?

7. Which states placed under military rule were the first ones to rejoin the Union?

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