Congress during Reconstruction

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical period
gptkbp:aimsTo to address racial violence
to ensure civil liberties for all citizens
to limit presidential power
to protect newly freed slaves
to_secure_peace_in_the_South
gptkbp:analyzes Ku_Klux_Klan_activities
corruption_in_Southern_governments
gptkbp:controversy land redistribution policies
the impact of sharecropping
Southern_states'_readmission
the_future_of_Southern_land_ownership
the_role_of_the_military_in_the_South
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Joint_Committee_on_Reconstruction
Military Reconstruction Act
the_Reconstruction_Finance_Corporation
the_Southern_Homestead_Act
gptkbp:crosses 15th Amendment
14th Amendment
Enforcement Acts
the Tenure of Office Act
the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1864
the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1871
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
Reconstruction Acts
13th Amendment
the 15th Amendment in 1870
the_Public_School_Act
gptkbp:established gptkb:the_Freedmen's_Savings_Bank
gptkb:the_Bureau_of_Refugees,_Freedmen,_and_Abandoned_Lands
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Commission
gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau
the_National_Labor_Union.
gptkbp:expansion federal_power_in_the_South
gptkbp:faced internal divisions
voter suppression tactics
Supreme_Court_challenges_to_Reconstruction_laws
opposition_from_Southern_Democrats
gptkbp:funding infrastructure_projects_in_the_South
gptkbp:heldIn Congressional hearings on civil rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Congress during Reconstruction
gptkbp:influenced the 1876 presidential election
the 1868 presidential election
state_constitutions_in_the_South
gptkbp:lengthOverall Andrew_Johnson's_vetoes
gptkbp:president gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:promoted economic opportunities for freedmen
public_education_in_the_South
gptkbp:respondsTo Black Codes
gptkbp:sponsor legislation for labor rights
gptkbp:supported the establishment of HBCUs
African_American_suffrage