South Carolina Constitution of 1868
GPTKB entity
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Constitution
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| gptkbp:addressed |
civil rights
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| gptkbp:allows |
African Americans to hold office
|
| gptkbp:amended_by |
1895
|
| gptkbp:created |
new state legislature
|
| gptkbp:drafted_by |
convention delegates
|
| gptkbp:enacted_by |
Reconstruction
|
| gptkbp:ensures |
voting rights for African American men
|
| gptkbp:established |
public education
suffrage rights |
| gptkbp:historical_documentation |
reflected societal changes
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
South Carolina Constitution of 1868
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| gptkbp:included |
gptkb:Bill_of_Rights
|
| gptkbp:includes_provisions_for |
gptkb:local_government
taxation education funding |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
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| gptkbp:is_a_document_that |
expanded civil liberties
promoted equality defined state powers sought to promote democracy established government accountability sought to ensure justice sought to promote social welfare aimed to rebuild the South sought to address social injustices sought to create a more equitable society sought to ensure political representation sought to establish civil order sought to integrate freedmen into society sought to protect the rights of all citizens |
| gptkbp:is_a_foundation_for |
future civil rights legislation
|
| gptkbp:is_a_symbol_of |
Reconstruction efforts
|
| gptkbp:is_adopted_by |
1868
|
| gptkbp:is_challenged_by |
gptkb:militant_group
|
| gptkbp:is_criticized_for |
its radical changes
|
| gptkbp:is_debated_in |
gptkb:Constitution
|
| gptkbp:is_significant_for |
African American rights
U. S. history |
| gptkbp:is_threatened_by |
former Confederates
|
| gptkbp:legal_framework |
state governance
protected individual rights |
| gptkbp:product |
Radical Republican policies
|
| gptkbp:provides |
state government structure
|
| gptkbp:ratified_by |
April 15, 1868
South Carolina voters |
| gptkbp:replaced_by |
South Carolina Constitution of 1865
South Carolina Constitution of 1895 |
| gptkbp:signed_by |
Governor Robert K. Scott
|
| gptkbp:was_a_landmark_document_for |
Southern states
|
| gptkbp:was_a_response_to |
gptkb:Civil_War
emancipation of slaves |
| gptkbp:was_a_result_of |
political changes after the Civil War
|
| gptkbp:was_influenced_by |
gptkb:U._S._Constitution
abolitionist movements |
| gptkbp:was_part_of |
gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
the Reconstruction era reforms |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:South_Carolina_Constitution_of_1790
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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