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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Enforcement_Act_of_1870
gptkb:First_Ku_Klux_Klan_Act
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1871
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:16_Stat._140
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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May 31, 1870
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:enforcedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Justice
federal courts
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gptkbp:historicalName
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gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Civil Rights Act of 1870
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gptkbp:influenced
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subsequent civil rights legislation
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
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gptkbp:prohibits
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intimidation of voters
racial discrimination in voting
use of force to prevent voting
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gptkbp:provides
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federal oversight of elections
criminal penalties for interfering with voting rights
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gptkbp:purpose
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protect African Americans' right to vote
enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
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gptkbp:relatedGroup
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gptkb:African-American
gptkb:Southern_states
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:section
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Section 3 authorizes federal supervision of elections
Section 2 provides penalties for interfering with voting rights
Section 6 authorizes federal prosecution of election offenses
Section 1 prohibits denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Enforcement_Act_of_1870
gptkb:United_States_v._Cruikshank
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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