Congress during Reconstruction
GPTKB entity
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:historical_period
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| gptkbp:can_impeach |
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
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| gptkbp:created |
gptkb:Southern_Homestead_Act
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| gptkbp:enacted_by |
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:14th_Amendment gptkb:15th_Amendment gptkb:Reconstruction_Acts |
| gptkbp:established |
gptkb:the_Joint_Committee_on_Reconstruction
gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau public education systems in the South |
| gptkbp:expansion |
the power of the federal government
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| gptkbp:faced |
the challenge of economic inequality
opposition from Southern Democrats resistance from white supremacist groups the challenge of Southern resistance the challenge of restoring the Union |
| gptkbp:governed_by |
Reconstruction of Southern states
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| gptkbp:held_in |
hearings on civil rights violations
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Congress during Reconstruction
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| gptkbp:increased |
federal military presence in the South
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| gptkbp:influenced |
African American suffrage
the future of civil rights in America |
| gptkbp:is_debated_in |
Civil Rights legislation
land redistribution policies |
| gptkbp:is_sought_after_by |
to promote civil liberties
to address the legacy of slavery to ensure equal protection under the law to integrate freedmen into society to promote political equality to protect the rights of freedmen to rebuild the Southern economy |
| gptkbp:passes_through |
gptkb:Enforcement_Acts
gptkb:Military_Reconstruction_Act the Tenure of Office Act |
| gptkbp:ratified_by |
gptkb:13th_Amendment
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| gptkbp:responds_to |
to Black Codes
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| gptkbp:saw |
the establishment of new political alliances
the establishment of new state governments the rise of Radical Republicans the establishment of new educational opportunities. the establishment of new civil rights organizations the establishment of labor rights for freedmen the rise of African American politicians |
| gptkbp:sponsored_by |
gptkb:the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
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| gptkbp:was_characterized_by |
gptkb:conflict
the fight against racial discrimination the rise of grassroots movements legislative achievements the fight for human rights the push for social reforms |
| gptkbp:was_influenced_by |
the abolitionist movement
|
| gptkbp:was_involved_in |
the debate over land ownership
the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau the debate over economic policies the debate over federal intervention the establishment of civil rights protections the impeachment of federal officials |
| gptkbp:was_marked_by |
the struggle for equality
the struggle for social justice the struggle for political power the struggle for justice the fight for voting rights |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Republican_Party
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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