Question

Who were the KKK, what was their purpose?

Answer 1

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 blacks. Its members waged an underground campaign of intimidation and violence directed at white and black Republican leaders.

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Answer 2

The KKK (aka klu klux Klan) was a secret society founded in Tennessee, by confederate veterans after the civil war. the kkk blocked black people for voting at first and then began kiling and terrorizing blacks. eventually the kkk became known as america's first terrorist organization

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