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The Civil Rights Act of 1871 gave the US President the power to temporarily get rid of the writ of habeas corpus.

The write of habeas corpus is usually used as a means to stop the government from unlawfully detaining a person. However, in this case, the president agrees to suspend this for a certain amount of time in order to more effectively stop the actions of the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations. At this time, the KKK and other groups were terrorizing newly freed African-American citizens. This was especially true in southern states where slavery used to exist.

Answer: suspend habeas corpus.

The 1871 Civil Rights Act (also Third Enforcement Act or Ku Klux Klan Act) was an Act of Congress which allowed the President to suspend the writ of habeas corpus to combat the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and other white supremacy groups. The act was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on April 20, 1871. The Act was the third one of a series of acts designed to combat attacks on the rights of African Americans.