Civil Rights Act of 1870

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Reconstruction-era legislation United States federal statute

The Civil Rights Act of 1870 was a U.S. federal law enacted during Reconstruction to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment by protecting African Americans’ voting rights and penalizing interference with those rights.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Enforcement Act of 1870	4
Civil Rights Act of 1870 canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Reconstruction-era legislation ⓘ United States federal statute ⓘ
aimedAtProtecting	African American voters in the South ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Civil Rights Act of 1870 ⓘ surface form: Enforcement Act of 1870 First Enforcement Act ⓘ
appliesTo	federal elections ⓘ state elections involving federal offices ⓘ
authorizes	federal prosecution of individuals who violate voting rights ⓘ federal supervision of congressional elections ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enactedInContextOf	Reconstruction era ⓘ
enactedToEnforce	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
enforcementMechanism	criminal sanctions ⓘ federal court jurisdiction ⓘ federal election supervision ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post–American Civil War period ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalArea	constitutional law ⓘ federal civil rights law ⓘ
longTermImpact	foundation for later federal voting rights enforcement ⓘ precedent for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
primaryPurpose	penalize interference with the right to vote ⓘ protect African Americans’ voting rights ⓘ provide federal enforcement of voting rights ⓘ
prohibits	conspiracy to interfere with voting rights ⓘ denial of the right to vote on account of color ⓘ denial of the right to vote on account of previous condition of servitude ⓘ denial of the right to vote on account of race ⓘ use of force or intimidation to prevent voting ⓘ
provides	criminal penalties for interference with voting rights ⓘ federal oversight of elections in certain circumstances ⓘ
relatedTo	Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ Civil Rights Act of 1871 ⓘ Enforcement Acts ⓘ Civil Rights Act of 1871 ⓘ surface form: Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
strengthens	enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil rights ⓘ election law ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
targets	private individuals who interfere with voting rights ⓘ state officials who deny or abridge voting rights ⓘ
typeOfSanctions	fines ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Civil Rights Act of 1866 → precedes → Civil Rights Act of 1870 ⓘ

Civil Rights Act of 1870 → alsoKnownAs → Civil Rights Act of 1870 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enforcement Act of 1870

Enforcement Acts → hasPart → Civil Rights Act of 1870 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enforcement Act of 1870

41st United States Congress → passed → Civil Rights Act of 1870 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enforcement Act of 1870

First Enforcement Act → alsoKnownAs → Civil Rights Act of 1870 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enforcement Act of 1870

First Enforcement Act → alsoKnownAs → Civil Rights Act of 1870 ⓘ