South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1895
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Constitution
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| gptkbp:completed |
Ratification of the new constitution
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| gptkbp:controversy |
Economic policies
Education policies Race relations |
| gptkbp:discusses |
Social justice
Economic inequality Segregation Political representation |
| gptkbp:duration |
Several months
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| gptkbp:heldIn |
gptkb:Columbia,_South_Carolina
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| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Post-Reconstruction_era
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1895
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| gptkbp:impact |
Disenfranchisement of African American voters
Set_precedent_for_other_Southern_states |
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:White_supremacy
Populism Progressivism Southern Democrats |
| gptkbp:is_attended_by |
Delegates_from_South_Carolina
|
| gptkbp:issues |
Voting rights
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:South_Carolina
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
Racial segregation laws
Constitutional amendments Political disenfranchisement Economic policies favoring whites Educational segregation |
| gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:John_Gary_Evans
gptkb:Benjamin_Tillman |
| gptkbp:outcome |
New constitution adopted
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| gptkbp:performedBy |
gptkb:Democratic_Party
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
Constitution of 1868
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
Draft a new state constitution
|
| gptkbp:related_to |
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
Local governance
Voter ID laws Judicial system State government structure Electoral processes Literacy tests Poll taxes |
| gptkbp:significance |
Established_Jim_Crow_laws
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| gptkbp:succeededBy |
Constitution of 1895
|
| gptkbp:year |
1895
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