Properties (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
U.S._territories
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:LDS_Church
U.S._Supreme_Court_rulings U.S._territorial_governance anti-Mormon_sentiment |
| gptkbp:contributedTo |
decline_of_polygamy_in_the_U.S.
|
| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Reynolds_v._United_States
|
| gptkbp:culturalImpact |
shaped views on marriage and family structure
perception_of_polygamy_in_America |
| gptkbp:culturalSignificance |
reflected societal values of the time
|
| gptkbp:effectiveDate |
July 1, 1862
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
Reed Smoot Act |
| gptkbp:enforces |
gptkb:U.S._federal_government
local resistance 1862 to 1890 |
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:post-Civil_War_America
19th century America |
| gptkbp:historicalImpact |
shaped future legislation on marriage
|
| gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
state vs. federal authority
freedom of religion vs. legal restrictions |
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
first federal law against bigamy
pioneering federal intervention in marriage laws |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act
|
| gptkbp:impact |
LDS_Church_policies
Mormon_communities marriage_laws_in_the_U.S. |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
feminist movements
Victorian morality social reform movements social conservatism anti-polygamy sentiment |
| gptkbp:introduced |
gptkb:Justin_Smith_Morrill
|
| gptkbp:judges |
Supreme_Court_cases
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
foundation for future anti-polygamy legislation
|
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
criminal penalties for bigamy
prosecution of polygamists subsequent anti-polygamy laws U.S._territorial_law |
| gptkbp:legislation |
gptkb:37th_United_States_Congress
|
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts
gptkb:Edmunds_Act |
| gptkbp:partOf |
American_legal_history
|
| gptkbp:politicalParty |
tensions between federal and local authorities
|
| gptkbp:publicAccess |
mixed responses from different communities
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
prohibit_bigamy_in_U.S._territories
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Mormonism
women's rights movements Reconstruction era policies American_religious_freedom_debates American_legal_reforms |
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Morrill_Act_of_1890
|
| gptkbp:significantEvent |
polygamy_laws_in_the_United_States
|
| gptkbp:targets |
polygamists
|
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1862
|