Virginia Constitutional Convention 1868
GPTKB entity
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Constitution
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| gptkbp:completed |
Ratification of the new constitution
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| gptkbp:controversy |
Labor rights
Education access Land ownership |
| gptkbp:duration |
Several months
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| gptkbp:events |
Political assembly
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| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Virginia_Constitutional_Convention_1902
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| gptkbp:heldIn |
gptkb:Richmond
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| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Post-Civil_War_America
Economic challenges post-war Emancipation of slaves African_American_participation_in_politics Southern_Reconstruction Political_realignment_in_the_South Legacy_of_the_convention_in_Virginia_history Civil_Rights_Movement_origins Federal_military_presence_in_Virginia Opposition_from_former_Confederates Reconstruction_Amendments_to_the_U.S._Constitution Rise_of_the_Republican_Party_in_Virginia Social_changes_in_Virginia |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Virginia Constitutional Convention 1868
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| gptkbp:influenced |
Civil War outcomes
Federal Reconstruction Acts |
| gptkbp:is_attended_by |
Delegates from various counties
|
| gptkbp:issues |
Civil rights
Voting rights Reconstruction policies |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Virginia
|
| gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Henry_H._Wells
gptkb:John_C._Underwood gptkb:William_H._Seward |
| gptkbp:outcome |
Adoption of the 1868 Virginia Constitution
|
| gptkbp:performedBy |
Governor_of_Virginia
|
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Virginia_Constitutional_Convention_1850
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
Draft a new state constitution
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
Abolition of property qualifications for voting
Universal male suffrage Public education provisions Establishment of a system of public schools Incorporation of civil rights protections |
| gptkbp:significance |
Reconstruction Era
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| gptkbp:year |
1868
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