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What were the goals of the kkk in the south during reconstruction?

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Answer: From 1868 through the early 1870s the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) functioned as a loosely organized group of political and social terrorists. The Klan's goals included the political defeat of the Republican Party and the maintenance of absolute white supremacy in response to newly gained civil and political rights by southern blacks after the Civil War (1861-65). They were more successful in achieving their political goals than they were with their social goals during the Reconstruction era.

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The Klan emerged in a period of American history known as Reconstruction and began shortly after the end of the American Civil War. During this period, the southern United States reacted to measures advocated by Northern politicians to extend black civil and political rights in the United States.

Initially, KKK emerged only as a secret organization bringing together citizens of the local community, but because of the context of the events and the prejudice against blacks, Klan became an extremely violent group. Political scientists and historians characterize Klan as a far-right organization. This classification is based on an analysis of its ideology, which currently includes ideals such as white supremacist, Antisemitism, xenophobia.

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