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

A) Existing Southern state governments were recognized as legitimate.
B) The education of freedmen in the South would be supported by federal funding.
C) Freedmen were given the right to vote in elections for state constitutional conventions and in subsequent elections.
D) Southern plantations were confiscated and divided into smaller plots of land.

The First Reconstruction Act, passed by Congress in 1867, provided for the division of the Confederate states into five military districts, each governed by a Union general. One of the key provisions of the act was the enfranchisement of black men, who were given the right to vote in elections for state constitutional conventions and subsequent elections. This provision aimed to empower black voters and help ensure that their interests were represented in the new state governments being established in the South. Other provisions of the act included the requirement that Southern states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment and guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens, including freedmen. The act did not provide federal funding for the education of freedmen, nor did it involve the confiscation of Southern plantations.