Edmunds-Tucker Act

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amends Reed Smoot Act
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mormon_Reformation
Mormon_missionary_work
gptkbp:consequences Mormon_leadership
gptkbp:contributedTo Mormon_migration_patterns
gptkbp:culturalImpact Mormon_community_dynamics
gptkbp:economy Mormon_economic_structures
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:Utah_Enabling_Act
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:U.S._Marshals
local resistance
gptkbp:historicalContext 19th century American society
American_anti-polygamy_laws
gptkbp:historicalImpact shaped future legislation on marriage
gptkbp:historicalPeriod reduction of polygamous families
religious freedom vs. law enforcement
gptkbp:historicalSignificance impact on religious minorities
shaped_U.S._policy_on_religion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edmunds-Tucker Act
gptkbp:impact Mormon_political_representation
Mormon_settlements
gptkbp:influence Utah_statehood_process
gptkbp:influencedBy national politics
women's rights movements
public sentiment against polygamy
anti-Mormon_sentiment
gptkbp:inspiredBy earlier anti-polygamy laws
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Senator_George_F._Edmunds
gptkbp:judges Supreme_Court_cases
gptkbp:legacy influence on religious freedom debates
gptkbp:legalStatus criminalization of polygamy
U.S._legal_system
gptkbp:mandates confiscation of property
regulation of church property
disenfranchisement of polygamists
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Morrill_Anti-Bigamy_Act
gptkbp:partOf larger movement against polygamy
U.S._legal_history
U.S._legislative_history
gptkbp:purpose suppress_polygamy
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mormon_Church
civil rights discussions
Mormon_history
LDS_Church_policies
gptkbp:resultedIn increased federal oversight
changes in family structures
decrease in polygamous marriages
increased scrutiny of religious practices
gptkbp:signature President_Grover_Cleveland
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Utah_Territory
gptkbp:targets gptkb:Mormons
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1887