<span>Having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.</span>
Allied Powers
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It was to combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans, so, it made people liable in court for taking these rights, making the things the Ku Klux Klan illegal, and so they could be prosecuted. It actually dismembered the clan until the 20th century.