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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:First_Enforcement_Act
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1870
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:16_Stat._140
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gptkbp:criminalizes
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interference with voting rights
intimidation of voters
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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May 31, 1870
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Enforcement_Act_of_1871
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Enforcement Act of 1870
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gptkbp:partOf
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Reconstruction Era legislation
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gptkbp:prohibits
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racial discrimination in voting
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gptkbp:provides
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federal oversight of elections
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gptkbp:purpose
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enforce Fifteenth Amendment
protect African Americans' right to vote
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Ku_Klux_Klan_Act_of_1871
gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Enforcement_Acts
gptkb:An_Act_to_enforce_the_fifteenth_amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States,_and_for_other_purposes
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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