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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:action
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polygamous marriages
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gptkbp:amends
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gptkb:Edmunds-Tucker_Act
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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LDS_Church_policies
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gptkbp:court
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upheld_by_U.S._Supreme_Court
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:Morrill_Anti-Bigamy_Act
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:enforces
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gptkb:U.S._Marshals
difficulties in prosecution
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gptkbp:historicalContext
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gptkb:post-Civil_War_America
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod
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reduction in polygamous marriages
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Edmunds Act
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gptkbp:impact
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gptkb:Utah_Territory
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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social reform movements
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gptkbp:legacy
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influenced future laws on marriage
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gptkbp:legalStatus
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disenfranchisement of polygamists
still in effect for certain provisions
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Morrill Act
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gptkbp:publicAccess
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controversial among religious groups
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gptkbp:purpose
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to_suppress_polygamy
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Mormon_Church
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gptkbp:significance
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first federal law against polygamy
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gptkbp:targets
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gptkb:Mormons
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gptkbp:yearEstablished
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1882
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