Ku Klux Klan Act 1871

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Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
gptkbp:community_impact reduced Klan violence temporarily
gptkbp:consequences allowed federal prosecution of Klan members
gptkbp:controversy debate over federal vs. state authority
gptkbp:effective_date April 20, 1871
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:historical_debate effectiveness in curbing Klan activities
gptkbp:historical_significance first federal law to criminalize conspiracies against civil rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ku Klux Klan Act 1871
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:13th_Amendment
gptkb:14th_Amendment
gptkb:15th_Amendment
gptkbp:is_aimed_at gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:judicial_review upheld by Supreme Court in some cases
gptkbp:legacy set precedent for future civil rights legislation
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Enforcement_Acts
gptkbp:purpose to combat the Ku Klux Klan and protect civil rights
gptkbp:regulatory_compliance local law enforcement resistance
gptkbp:related_show gptkb:Henry_Ward_Beecher_Jr.
gptkb:Hiram_Revels
gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:David_Davis
gptkb:Colonel_James_A._Garfield
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:Sojourner_Truth
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:Ida_B._Wells
gptkb:George_H._Thomas
gptkb:Lyman_Beecher
gptkb:Julia_Ward_Howe
gptkb:John_C._Frémont
gptkb:Benjamin_Butler
gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkb:Robert_Smalls
gptkb:Samuel_J._Tilden
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:resulted_in increased federal intervention in Southern states
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:President_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Klan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5