An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.
A special joint committee made up of nine members from the House of Representatives six members of the Senate. This committee was formed to inquire into the condition of the states in rebellion.
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H. R. 543 is recommitted; Mr. Stevens presents a resolution on reconstruction
Resolved, That the States lately in Rebellion shall be reconstructed upon the principle providing by Act of Congress that they may form State Constitutions and Governments.