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Congress passed a series of Enforcement Acts in 1870.
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| This Act will be provided for the federal supervision of elections in Southern states. | |
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| The other act will give the president the power to use federal troops in areas where the Klan was active. | |
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President Grant was not aggressive and the Supreme Court ruled....
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| 1871 Enforcement Act is unconstitutional. | |
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The Klan no longer needed such organized activity to limit the political and civil rights of most African Americans.
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