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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:legislation
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affects
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voter turnout rates
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gptkbp:amended_by
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
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gptkbp:community_impact
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shift in political power in the South
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gptkbp:consequences
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protection against voting discrimination
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gptkbp:controversy
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voter ID laws
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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inspired activism and advocacy
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gptkbp:effective_date
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February 3, 1870
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gptkbp:enacted_by
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gptkb:legislation
state legislatures
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gptkbp:enforces
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gptkb:U._S._federal_government
gptkb:U._S._Department_of_Justice
federal oversight of voter registration
federal examiners
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gptkbp:goal
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ensure equal voting rights
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gptkbp:has_impact_on
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African American voting rights
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gptkbp:historical_context
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gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
post-Civil War America
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gptkbp:historical_debate
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effectiveness of enforcement
states' rights vs. federal authority
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gptkbp:historical_impact
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reduced racial discrimination in voting
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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first federal legislation to protect voting rights
landmark in American civil rights history
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Voting Rights Act of 1870
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gptkbp:impact
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gptkb:voter_turnout
increased voter registration among African Americans
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gptkbp:includes_provisions_for
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prohibits literacy tests
requires federal oversight of voter registration in certain areas
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:inspired_by
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abolitionist movements
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gptkbp:is_aimed_at
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gptkb:African_Americans
African American voters
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gptkbp:is_criticized_for
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insufficient protections
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gptkbp:is_implemented_in
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gptkb:United_States
gptkb:U._S._Department_of_Justice
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gptkbp:is_opposed_by
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gptkb:Southern_Democrats
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gptkbp:is_supported_by
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gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:judicial_review
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gptkb:legal_case
Supreme Court rulings
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gptkbp:key_figures
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gptkb:Blanche_K._Bruce
gptkb:James_H._Harris
gptkb:Hiram_Revels
gptkb:Richard_H._Cain
gptkb:Joseph_Rainey
gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkb:Colonel_James_A._Garfield
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:George_H._White
gptkb:John_R._Lynch
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:William_H._Crogman
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:President_Barack_Obama
gptkb:Sir_Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:William_H._H._Mc_Kinley
gptkb:Alexander_Crummell
gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkb:Gerald_R._Ford
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur
gptkb:Donald_Trump
gptkb:George_H._W._Bush
gptkb:Grover_Cleveland
gptkb:Ida_B._Wells
gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkb:Warren_Harding
gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkb:Jesse_H._Jones
gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkb:Robert_Smalls
gptkb:Samuel_J._Tilden
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkb:Robert_B._Elliott
gptkb:Henry_Mc_Neal_Turner
gptkb:Benjamin_Turner
gptkb:P._B._S._Pinchback
gptkb:John_A._Bingham
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
gptkb:James_T._Rapier
gptkb:Charles_H._Langston
Alonzo Ransier
Francis L. Cardozo
John W. Menard
Moses A. Hopkins
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gptkbp:legacy
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foundation for future voting rights legislation
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gptkbp:legal_issue
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Supreme Court cases
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gptkbp:legislation
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1970
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:political_movement
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gptkbp:purpose
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prohibit racial discrimination in voting
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gptkbp:related_event
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1965
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gptkbp:related_to
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gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment
disenfranchisement
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gptkbp:repealed_by
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1982
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gptkbp:significance
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first federal legislation to protect voting rights
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1867
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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