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They were fined and imprisoned.
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How were violators of enforcement act of 1870 punished?
They were fined and imprisoned.
What act was passed by congress to protect the voting rights of blacks in the south?
Enforcement Act of 1870
What did enforcement act of 1870 make illegal?
The use of force or coercion to prevent citizens from voting(:
What is the Enforcement Act?
The Enforcement Act of 1870 prohibited the use of violence or intimidation to prevent people from voting. It was intended primarily to protect the voting rights of the newly freed slaves.
What did the enforcement act of 1870 make illegal?
The Enforcement Act of 1870 made it illegal to interfere with someone's right to vote based on their race or previous condition of servitude. It also made it a crime to use force, intimidation, or threats to prevent someone from voting or to coerce them to vote a certain way.
What did congress pass to curb the violence of the Ku Klux Klan in the South?
A series of Enforcement acts
What did the US Congress do when the 1870 Enforcement Act failed?
Hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan paid no attention to the 15th amendment and the 1870 Enforcement Act. Their violence only increased, despite the fact that at least in one state, Texas, arrested 6,000 Klansmen. Congress stepped in as well and passed the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act. This new law allowed for the US military to be used to enforce the laws and amendments passed to protect Afro-Americans and other minorities from exercising their civil rights. The act also outlawed the Klan. The racists in the Klan disguised themselves and joined other racist groups.
What was the goal of one of the enforcement acts passed in 1870-1871?
to outlaw the activities of the KuKlux Klan
What important legislation did President Grant sign?
Nationalization Act of 1870 Force Acts of 1870 and 1871 Amnesty Act of 1872 Comstock Act Civil Rights Act of 1875 Resumption of Specie Act The Electoral Commission Act of 1876
What did president grant want in enforcement acts of 1870 and 1871 to accomplish?
Full rights for African Americans
What did president grant want the enforcement acts of 1870 and 1871 to?
Full civil rights for African Americans..
What did president grant the enforcement acts of 1870 and 1871 to accomplish?
Full civil rights for African Americans..
