Question

According to the text, what were the goals of the Ku Klux Klan? Check all that apply.

to put the Republicans in power
to re-create the system of slavery
to rid the state of Northern officials
to bring an end to the black codes
to gain control of the state government

Answer 1

Southern states enacted black codes after the Civil War to prevent African Americans from achieving political and economic autonomy. Answer: to re-create the system of slavery

Answer 2

Founded in 1865, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and became a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for Black Americans. Its members waged an underground campaign of intimidation and violence directed at white and Black Republican leaders. Though Congress passed legislation designed to curb Klan terrorism, the organization saw its primary goal–the reestablishment of white supremacy–fulfilled through Democratic victories in state legislatures across the South in the 1870s.