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Which is the BEST description of the goals of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction?

The Ku Klux Klan worked in communities to help rebuild churches, libraries and schools
The Ku Klux Klan worked in communities to help rebuild churches, libraries and schools

The Ku Klux Klan worked with the "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" to end segregation.
The Ku Klux Klan worked with the "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" to end segregation.

The Ku Klux Klan worked to help Civil War veterans adjust to life after the war by helping them find jobs and housing

The Ku Klux Klan worked to help Civil War veterans adjust to life after the war by helping them find jobs and housing

The Ku Klux Klan worked to prevent African Americas from exercising their newly found rights and wanted whites to regain control of local governments

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Answer:

The Klu Klux Klan worked to prevent African Americans from exercising their newly found rights and wanted whites to regain control of local governments.

Step-by-step explanation:

The KKK is was responsible for more lynchings of African Americans, particularly ones who held public office, than any other organization or individual.

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