In 1870 and 1871, the federal government passed the Force Acts, which were used to prosecute Klan crimes.

The federal government indicted seventeen Klansmen, and tried ten for conspiracy under the Force Act of 1870.

The Force Acts and state action reduced the power of the KKK by the early 1870s.

Force Acts can refer to several groups of acts passed by the United States Congress.

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is sometimes included with the three Acts passed in 1870-71 when referring to the Force Acts.

Democrats in Congress passed an army appropriation bill in 1879 with a rider that repealed the Force Acts.

The Force Act of 1870 was used to reduce the power of the KKK.

The US government prosecuted the case under the Force Act of 1870.

Congress investigated the Klan's activities and eventually passed the Force Act of 1871 to allow prosecution of the Klan.

He backed the increase of the militia and the Additional Force Act of 1804.