Question

Which of these would have been a goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the south during Reconstruction?

A) making sure Reconstruction went smoothly
B) assisting the scalawags and carpetbaggers
C) ensuring that freedmen had the right to vote
D) restoring southern Democrats to political power

Answer 1

D) Restoring southern Democrats to political power

Explanation:

The Ku Klux Klan usually called the KKK or simply the Klan leads to three different strange moves at various positions in time in the history of the United States. Each has promoted radical conservative conditions such as white sovereignty, white patriotism, anti-immigration and particularly in later repetitions Nordicism and anti-Catholicism. Historically, the KKK used terrorism both physical attack and crime against organizations or individuals whom they encountered.

Answer 2

It would be D.
In those times, Democrats were conservative while Republicans were more liberal. Many Democrats had also lost their political power because of the North's Reconstruction.