How were state and local policies in Texas influenced by the issuing of the First

Question

Reconstruction Act? (1 point)
The Southern states needed to get permission from the Union to keep the laws they had in place.
The Southern states got to decide if they made changes to policy to rejoin the
Union.
The Southern states were required to change all previous laws that the Union
wanted.
The Southern states needed to make changes to their laws to be readmitted to
the Union.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: The Southern states needed to make changes to their laws to be readmitted to the Union.

The First Reconstruction Act, passed in 1867, established requirements for Southern states to follow in order to be readmitted into the Union following the Civil War. This included the requirement to create new state constitutions that guaranteed universal male suffrage and to ensure civil rights for freedmen, leading to changes in state and local policies in Texas and other Southern states.