Question

How did groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the White League interfere with the expansion of civil rights for freedmen?

They appealed to local and state leaders to refuse to honor federal laws related to civil rights as they felt the freedmen were not prepared to exercise them.

Their use of violence and the threat of violence prevented many freedmen from exercising their rights or resisting local political efforts to undermine them.

They secretly committed widespread election fraud to destroy the ballots of freedmen and white Republicans and return white leaders to elected positions.

Their main mission was to recruit supporters and enforcers for the Black Codes and operate as a kind of vigilante police in preventing rights for freedmen.

Answer 1

Their use of violence and the threat of violence prevented many freedmen from exercising their rights or resisting local political efforts to undermine them.