Enforcement Acts
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title:
Enforcement Acts
text:
The Enforcement Acts were three bills that were passed by the United States Congress between 1870 and 1871. They were criminal codes that protected African Americans’ right to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, and receive equal protection of laws. Passed under the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, the laws also allowed the federal government to intervene when states did not act to protect these rights. The acts passed following the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constit
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Laws aiming to combat resistance to reconstruction after the US Civil War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enforcement_Acts
date created:
2005-01-25T03:42:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T23:19:18Z
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