(Grant 1968, 118-19) In 1864, Congress passes a bill, requiring voters to swear they have never fought against the Union, allowing them to participate in the reconstruction of their state's government. ... (Hine, Hine, and Harrold 2000, 267) There were many policies and acts passed to assure blacks civil rights were not violated. The 1870 act outlawed disguises, and protected civil rights, the Klu Klux Klan Act of 1871 deemed it a Federal offense to interfere with an individuals civil rights, and granted equal protection under the law regardless of race The Civil Rights Act p...

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Due to Johnson's resistance, Congress took it a step further and then passed the 14th Amendment. ... No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws... To counteract the South's actions, Congress passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867. ... In response to the newly passed Tenure of Office Act passed in 1867 (which required Senate approval ...

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There was a great amount of property damage done to farms, factories, and railroads. ... Whites saw emancipation as the reason for loss of the nation's largest concentration of private property." (Current, pg.88) Planters went from owning blacks as property, to negotiating a wage in exchange for their labor. ...

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This triggered many new hate crime laws to be passed, and also got Moises Kaufman to take members of his Tectonic Theater Project, to interview people in Laramie. ... A hate crime is defined by the Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2000 as, "An additional (felony) charge added to a criminal offense against persons (or property) motivated by hate or bias against the victim(s) due to race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, disability, or sexual orientation." ...

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They believe in the concepts of private property, free enterprise, representative government, parental rights, freedom of speech, right to trial by jury, right to address the government for a redress of grievances. ... Johnson used the Federal Bureau of Investigation to probe the Klan, resulting in the imprisonment of several Klan members (The World Book of Encyclopedia, 310) The biggest threat against the KKK was the Force Bill which passed in 1871. ... One major effect was the disappearance of the Klan shortly after the bill passed. ...

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In 1991, the NAACP passed a resolution that stated the Southern Cross was a racist symbol that reminded Blacks about slavery. It also stated the flag was offensive to all Americans and should be removed from all public properties. ...

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The Past and Present Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan was formed at the end of the Civil War during the Reconstruction period. It was viewed as a vigilante group created to intimidate black people or white people who were there to help them. Over the years, the KKK has evolved into a different type...

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