Congressional (radical) Reconstruction continues: Republican (nationalist) President Grant—without a constitutional amendment— signs the Third Force Act (a.k.a. Ku Klux Klan Act), empowering the president to suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
[updated 3/23/2025]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 202.
Force Acts | United States [1870–1875] | Britannica
www.britannica.com/topic/Force-Acts
Ku Klux Klan Act – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_Act
Reconstruction era – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era
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