Congressional (radical) Reconstruction continues: Republican (nationalist) President Grant—without a constitutional amendment—signs the Second Force Act (a.k.a. Enforcement Act of 1871), bringing elections in the confederate States under the purview of the federal courts.
[restored 5/7/2022]
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.
David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace, eds., The People’s Almanac, (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1975), 190.
Current U.s. National Debt:
