Joint Committee on Reconstruction

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Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Committee
gptkbp:address racial inequalities
gptkbp:addressed issues of disenfranchisement
gptkbp:advocated_for equal protection under the law
gptkbp:cabinet_member gptkb:Senator_William_P._Fessenden
gptkbp:contributed_to Reconstruction era legislation
gptkbp:created_by address the needs of freed slaves
gptkbp:dissolved 1867
gptkbp:formed 1866
gptkbp:founded_in gptkb:United_States_Congress
the Reconstruction era
U. S. legislative history
oversee Reconstruction efforts
gptkbp:has_meetings on civil rights
gptkbp:held_in public hearings
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joint Committee on Reconstruction
gptkbp:included House and Senate members
gptkbp:influenced Reconstruction policies
gptkbp:investigates Southern state governments
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Radical_Republicans
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in economic conditions in the South
gptkbp:is_criticized_for gptkb:Southern_Democrats
gptkbp:is_examined_in the impact of the Civil War
freedmen's rights
the implementation of the 13th Amendment
the loyalty of Southern leaders
gptkbp:is_focused_on post-Civil War policies
gptkbp:is_significant_for gptkb:American_history
gptkbp:is_tasked_with recommending policies for the South
gptkbp:key_player Reconstruction legislation
the struggle for civil rights.
gptkbp:membership both political parties
gptkbp:performed_by the passage of the 15th Amendment
gptkbp:produced gptkb:Reconstruction_Acts
gptkbp:produced_findings on the status of African Americans
gptkbp:product gptkb:conflict
the political climate of the 1860s
gptkbp:published gptkb:reports
gptkbp:purpose to investigate conditions in the Southern states
gptkbp:recommendation gptkb:14th_Amendment
gptkbp:recommended_measures to protect civil rights
gptkbp:reported_by the status of Southern states
gptkbp:supported gptkb:the_Freedmen's_Bureau
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for social change in the South
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in the Radical Reconstruction policies
gptkbp:was_a_response_to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
the failure of Presidential Reconstruction
the failure of the Southern states to comply with federal laws
the challenges of Reconstruction
gptkbp:was_involved_in the debate over suffrage
the impeachment of Andrew Johnson
the establishment of military districts in the South
the drafting of new state constitutions
gptkbp:was_part_of the legislative branch of government
the broader Reconstruction effort
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gptkb:Radical_Republican
gptkb:Committee_on_Reconstruction
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