Editing Civil Rights Act (section)

===Enforcement Act of 1871===
{{Main|Second Enforcement Act}}

The [[Second Enforcement Act|Second Enforcement Act of 1871]] (formally, "an Act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several states of this union"), permitted federal oversight of local and state elections if any two citizens in a town with more than twenty-thousand inhabitants desired it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/major-acts-congress/force-act|title=Major Acts of Congress: Force Act of 1871|first=Ross|last=Rosenfeld|publisher=eNotes|access-date=7 July 2011}}</ref>

The [[Second Enforcement Act|Enforcement Act of 1871 (second act)]] and the [[Civil Rights Act of 1875]] are very similar to the original act as they all have the same goal, but revised the first act with the intention of being more effective. The Act of 1871 has more severe punishments with larger fines for disregarding the regulations, and the prison sentences vary in length.<ref name="Liberty Fund">{{cite book|title=The American Nation: Primary Sources|year=2008|publisher=Liberty Fund|location=Indianapolis|editor-first=Bruce|editor-last=Frohnen}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=March 2014}} The final act, and the most effective, was also a revision. Although the fines lowered again, and the prison sentences remained approximately the same,<ref name="Liberty Fund" />{{Page needed|date=March 2014}} this act was the best enforced by the government.