Confiscation Act of 1870

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:Confiscation_Act_of_1861
gptkbp:applies_to Southern states
gptkbp:consequences confiscation of property
gptkbp:controversy debate over property rights
gptkbp:current_champion gptkb:Democrats
gptkbp:effective_date 1870
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:enforces Union military authorities
gptkbp:follows gptkb:Confiscation_Act_of_1862
gptkbp:governing_body passed by Congress
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:historical_debate effectiveness of confiscation
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
gptkbp:historical_impact influenced public policy debates
shaped post-war policies
affected Southern economy
altered property ownership in the South
contributed to social changes in the South
gptkbp:historical_significance impact on civil rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Confiscation Act of 1870
gptkbp:impact increased tensions in the South
property rights of Confederates
gptkbp:influences subsequent legislation on civil rights
gptkbp:is_a_supporter_of gptkb:Radical_Republicans
gptkbp:is_aimed_at former Confederates
gptkbp:is_criticized_for seen as punitive measure
gptkbp:legacy influence on future civil rights legislation
gptkbp:legal_issue gptkb:legislation
Supreme Court cases
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:First_Confiscation_Act
gptkb:Second_Confiscation_Act
gptkbp:outcome loss of property for disloyal citizens
gptkbp:political_position punish disloyalty
gptkbp:precedent property confiscation laws
gptkbp:precedes gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkbp:public_perception mixed responses
gptkbp:purpose to confiscate property of disloyal citizens
gptkbp:related_event Reconstruction policies
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1871
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:President_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:subject gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
Federal vs. State authority
Civil War reparations
property rights during Reconstruction
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Confiscation_Act_of_1863
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5