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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:legislation
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:15th_Amendment
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gptkbp:committee
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Republicans held majority
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gptkbp:governed_by
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March 4, 1867
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gptkbp:historical_context
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gptkb:Rise_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
Post-Civil War America
Civil Rights Movement beginnings
Economic challenges of the South
Legislative battles over civil rights
Political conflict over Reconstruction policies
Social changes post-slavery
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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the 40th Congress
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gptkbp:key_issues
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gptkb:Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson
Reconstruction
Civil Rights
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gptkbp:legislation
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gptkb:Reconstruction_Acts
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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gptkbp:members
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Republicans held majority
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gptkbp:notable_members
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gptkb:Hiram_Revels
gptkb:James_G._Blaine
gptkb:Joseph_Rainey
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:Benjamin_Wade
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
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gptkbp:opened
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March 4, 1869
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gptkbp:political_party
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gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:39th_Congress
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gptkbp:president
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gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
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gptkbp:session
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2
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gptkbp:significant_event
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gptkb:Enforcement_Acts
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
gptkb:Military_Reconstruction_Act
gptkb:Tenure_of_Office_Act
Passage of the 15th Amendment
Establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau
Passage of the 14th Amendment
Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson
Establishment of the first African American senators
Establishment of the first African American representatives
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gptkbp:succeeded_by
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gptkb:41st_Congress
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:legislation
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