Ku Klux Klan Cause And Effect

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The reign of white terror that took place consisted of the murderous group known as the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK (Ku Klux Klan), were created back in 1866 in a small town known as Pulaski, Tennessee. They started off as social groups who would perform secret rituals in costume. At first they were known as pranksters but slowly they began to make the lives of Blacks and Republicans a nightmare by intimidating them. The Ku Klux Klan lashed out as they were angry regarding a couple of things that included fear of former black slaves retaliating against the whites, having to pay blacks for working under them, and anger regarding the Federal troops watching over the South. The Klansmen were murderers as they assaulted Republicans for fighting for the rights of everyone which included African Americans. In South Carolina, the Klansmen were really out and about within this area with their protesting and making sure that they were …show more content…

One of the first courses of action would be consequences that would be paid if anyone tried to hinder with the right of a citizen being able to vote. The other course of action was to have all of the federal elections watched over by supervisors and marshals to keep out any type of political terrorism that could occur. The last course of action became the Ku Klux Klan Act that prohibited any of the acts that were conducted by the Klansmen, which included, not taking orders, pretending to be law officials, and also forming conspiracies. Around 1871, the federal government ended up showcasing 9 counties within South Carolina, as the Klansmen continued on the rise and ended up putting multiple hundreds of individuals into jail. Sadly, the Enforcement Acts that were put into play, did not help one bit and the violence continued to erupt, especially within the

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