Enforcement Act of 1870
The Enforcement Act of 1870, also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1870 or First Ku Klux Klan Act, or Force Act, is a United States federal law that empowers the President to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the... Wikipedia
Enacted by: the 41st United States Congress
Statutes at Large: 16 Stat. 140-146