would be readmitted to the Union was put in place.

所依从的政治体制开始施行的年份
The first thing they passed was the Civil Rights Act of 1866;

他们首先通过的是1866年的民权法
passed Congress in April of '66.

66年4月由国会通过
This was an act of Congress, not a constitutional amendment;

那是国会通过的法案而非宪法修正案
therefore it didn't require a two-thirds.

所以它不需要同意票数超过三分之二
It was the first statutory definition in American history

这是美国历史上第一次
of the rights of citizenship.

将公民权益以法律的形式确定
It was potentially a profound change in federal state relations.

这对邦州之间的关系产生了深远的影响
This Republican Congress and its leadership, at least,

至少共和党国会和领导层
was going to do some very new things with American federalism.

准备对美国联邦制度作出一些新的改善
Now, it had a bunch of flaws.

当然这也有不少瑕疵
It gave full citizenship to all Americans, regardless of race,

它将公民权益赋予所有美国人无论种族