Second Enforcement Act
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The Second Enforcement Act was a Reconstruction-era U.S. federal law enacted in 1871 to strengthen protections for African American voting rights and to provide federal oversight and penalties against election-related civil rights violations in the South.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Second Enforcement Act canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Reconstruction-era legislation
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United States federal statute ⓘ |
| addresses |
conspiracies to deprive citizens of voting rights
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discriminatory election practices ⓘ |
| aimedAtCountering |
election fraud in the South
ⓘ
voter intimidation in the South ⓘ |
| aimedAtProtecting | African American voters ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Civil Rights Act of 1871
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Ku Klux Klan Act
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| areaOfApplication | Southern United States ⓘ |
| chamber |
United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| enactedIn | 1871 ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism |
United States Attorneys
ⓘ
surface form:
United States attorneys
federal courts ⓘ federal marshals ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
federal oversight of congressional elections
ⓘ
prosecution of officials who deny lawful votes ⓘ |
| follows | First Enforcement Act ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
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to penalize election-related civil rights violations ⓘ to protect African American voting rights ⓘ to provide federal oversight of elections ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Reconstruction era
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surface form:
Post–Civil War United States
|
| legalStatus | partially superseded by later civil rights legislation ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
civil rights
ⓘ
federal election law ⓘ voting rights ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| longTermImpact | strengthened federal role in protecting voting rights ⓘ |
| opposedBy | many white Southern Democrats ⓘ |
| partOf |
Enforcement Acts
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Reconstruction legislation ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Reconstruction policies of the Republican Party ⓘ |
| presidentAtTimeOfSigning | Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| provides |
federal penalties for interference with voting rights
ⓘ
federal supervision of elections in certain jurisdictions ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
First Enforcement Act
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Third Enforcement Act ⓘ |
| signedBy | Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| typeOfSanctions |
civil remedies
ⓘ
criminal penalties ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1871 ⓘ |
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