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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:legislation
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Russian_Social_Democratic_Labour_Party
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gptkbp:committee
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gptkb:Benjamin_Wade
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gptkbp:governed_by
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March 4, 1867
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Fortieth Congress
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gptkbp:key_issues
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gptkb:Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson
Reconstruction
Civil Rights
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gptkbp:legislation
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Reconstruction_Acts
gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau_Bill
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gptkbp:members
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292
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gptkbp:notable_members
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gptkb:Hiram_Revels
gptkb:James_G._Blaine
gptkb:Joseph_Rainey
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
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gptkbp:notable_performers
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gptkb:Schuyler_Colfax
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gptkbp:opened
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March 4, 1869
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gptkbp:political_party
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gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:Thirty-Ninth_Congress
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gptkbp:president
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gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
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gptkbp:session
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2
March 4, 1868
March 4, 1867
December 2, 1867
July 15, 1867
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gptkbp:significant_event
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gptkb:Impeachment_Trial_of_Andrew_Johnson
Civil Rights Act of 1866 passage
Establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau
Military Reconstruction Act passage
Passage of the 14th Amendment
Tenure of Office Act passage
Debate over Reconstruction policies
Debate over civil rights legislation
Debate over the 15th Amendment
Debate over the impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Election of African American legislators
Establishment of public schools in the South
Expansion of the Freedmen's Bureau's powers
First African American in the House
First African American in the Senate
Passage of the 15th Amendment in 1870
Reconstruction Act of 1867 passage
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gptkbp:succeeded_by
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gptkb:Forty-First_Congress
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