Second Confiscation Act

Target entity: Second Confiscation Act
Context triple: [Confiscation Act of 1862, alsoKnownAs, Second Confiscation Act]

• A. First Confiscation Act of 1861
  The First Confiscation Act of 1861 was a U.S. Civil War law that authorized the Union to seize enslaved people and other property used to support the Confederate war effort, undermining slavery in rebel states.
• B. Second Enforcement Act
  The Second Enforcement Act was a Reconstruction-era U.S. federal law enacted in 1871 to strengthen protections for African American voting rights and to provide federal oversight and penalties against election-related civil rights violations in the South.
• C. Wade–Davis Bill
  The Wade–Davis Bill was a stringent Reconstruction-era proposal by Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress that sought to impose harsh conditions on former Confederate states’ readmission to the Union.
• D. Order No. 11 (1863)
  Order No. 11 (1863) was a controversial Union military decree during the American Civil War that forcibly depopulated several Missouri counties in response to Confederate guerrilla activity such as Quantrill's Raid.
• E. Emancipation Proclamation
  The Emancipation Proclamation was a landmark 1863 executive order during the American Civil War that declared enslaved people in Confederate-held territories to be free, transforming the war’s purpose and paving the way for abolition.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Second Confiscation Act
Target entity description: The Second Confiscation Act was a U.S. Civil War-era law that authorized the seizure of property from Confederates and effectively freed enslaved people owned by those in rebellion against the Union.

• A. First Confiscation Act of 1861
  The First Confiscation Act of 1861 was a U.S. Civil War law that authorized the Union to seize enslaved people and other property used to support the Confederate war effort, undermining slavery in rebel states.
• B. Second Enforcement Act
  The Second Enforcement Act was a Reconstruction-era U.S. federal law enacted in 1871 to strengthen protections for African American voting rights and to provide federal oversight and penalties against election-related civil rights violations in the South.
• C. Wade–Davis Bill
  The Wade–Davis Bill was a stringent Reconstruction-era proposal by Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress that sought to impose harsh conditions on former Confederate states’ readmission to the Union.
• D. Order No. 11 (1863)
  Order No. 11 (1863) was a controversial Union military decree during the American Civil War that forcibly depopulated several Missouri counties in response to Confederate guerrilla activity such as Quantrill's Raid.
• E. Emancipation Proclamation
  The Emancipation Proclamation was a landmark 1863 executive order during the American Civil War that declared enslaved people in Confederate-held territories to be free, transforming the war’s purpose and paving the way for abolition.
• F. None of above. chosen