Republican electoral victory in 1868
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
historical event
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| gptkbp:campaigns |
Grant's_military_background
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| gptkbp:competitors |
gptkb:Democratic_Party
|
| gptkbp:context |
gptkb:post-Civil_War_America
|
| gptkbp:electionYear |
presidential election
November 3, 1868 Republican_victory Grant_52.7%,_Seymour_47.3% increased_among_African_Americans |
| gptkbp:hasAwards |
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
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| gptkbp:historical_analysis |
impact on future elections
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| gptkbp:historicalContext |
Reconstruction Act of 1867
|
| gptkbp:historicalLegacy |
set stage for future civil rights movements
|
| gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
effectiveness_of_Reconstruction
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
election records
first election after Civil War first election with African American voters |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Republican electoral victory in 1868
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| gptkbp:impact |
African_American_voting_rights
|
| gptkbp:influence |
strengthening_of_Republican_Party
|
| gptkbp:keyIssues |
Reconstruction policies
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| gptkbp:ledTo |
15th Amendment
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Horatio_Seymour |
| gptkbp:occursIn |
1868
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| gptkbp:politicalAffiliation |
support for civil rights
divided nation opposition_to_Reconstruction |
| gptkbp:politicalParty |
3,012,000
|
| gptkbp:politicalRole |
shaped_Republican_policies
|
| gptkbp:postRetirementCareer |
Republican_control_of_the_South
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
Republican_dominance_in_Congress
|
| gptkbp:significance |
Reconstruction era
|
| gptkbp:significantEvent |
Southern Democrats
|
| gptkbp:userDemographics |
African_American_voters
|
| gptkbp:voterTurnout |
214
high 2,703,000 expanded_for_African_Americans |