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Ku Klux Klan 2 Abstract The Ku Klux Klan was formed in Tennessee during December, 1865. They were originally made by former confederate soldiers to keep balance in society. After their job was done they went years without being heard of again. This time they grew in popularity and used their power to intimidate others to get their way. They killed and harassed many people. After years of destruction beginning from the late 1800’s all the way through mid 1900’s, they lost their power. There

SECOND EXAM The Ku Klux Klan is a secret society founded by former Confederates in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1866. It transformed itself into a terrorist organization during Reconstruction to drive Black and White Republicans from political power in the southern states. The definition of the Ku Klux Klan is located in Chapter 13 on page 272. The Ku Klux Klan will correlate today in America where they currently active in 25 U.S. states. This means that the Ku Klux Klan chapters operate in half of the

During Reconstruction there were many failures recorded in this time period, such as the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK established in 1866 after blacks were given free equality in the United States. The members of the KKK would stretch all throughout the southern states and threaten Jews, Catholics, blacks, and republicans. The klan has caused over a thousand deaths. When going around and hitting every town the klan would meet up and hold underground meetings. They unfortunately could not weaken the political

Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan, known as the KKK, has been one of the most feared groups in America since the end of the civil war during post-war reconstruction.. The civil war was not just about the rights of the black man, but it was a very important part. People in the north mostly believed the black person was due the same liberties insured by the U.S. Constitution. The 14th Amendment of the constitution gave equal protection to former slaves. However people in the south saw the black man

Nathan Bedford Forrest created “The Ku Klux Klan… America’s oldest domestic terrorist group organization,” that believes in white supremacy. Forrest was a General in Confederate Army. He led a massacre, which in the concluding days on the Civil War, that resulted in the deaths on three hundred African American Union soldiers at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. The Klan believes that justice is justified in order to protect white America. Whites are considered to be descendants of the lost tribes of Israel

Topic: In 1866, the Ku Klux Klan was founded by many former confederate veterans in retaliation to their current Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for blacks. The Reconstruction era sparked by President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation clearly defined that the days of white superiority were in dissolution. Through a willful ignorance and an insecurity of what might postlude the civil rights movement, the KKK rose, using terror

The article I read was the Klu Klux Klan http://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan The KKK expanded into about every southern state. The KKK in the early 20th century burned crosses and had parades talking bad about immigrants and Blacks. A group involving many former Confederate veterans, Nathan Bedford Forrest founded the KKK in Tennessee. Also, the greek word for circle is “kyklos”, which is where the KKK got its name.The group of the KKK started at the same time as Reconstruction.The KKK committed

The history of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is more than half as old as the United States of America itself, and the impact that the terrorist organization has had on American culture still resonates with many people today. There were times when prominent figures of many states were members of the KKK; they worked with the interests of the KKK at heart. “The organization also used violence against minority groups and immigrants to intimidate those sectors of the American population and their supporters

Founded before the “Anarchist Wave”, The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist organization that has been in existence for over 150 years. They are mainly known today for their violent acts of rebel terrorism against the Christian, Jewish and African American communities. The Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, is made up of 3 separate movements that have been around for all “Four Waves of Rebel Terror”. The first movement began in the late 1860’s during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era. Founded by former Confederate

When the first Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee they terrorized Republicans to restore white supremacy after reformation when they were at their weakest. They initially formed because most whites in the south condemned southern Republicans as illegitimate and felt justified in doing whatever they could to get rid of them so that they can restore power. Their methods were assassinations of black political leaders and other republicans and threats of violence to drive others out