they feared the change of a lifestyle where not only white people were considered citizens of the community. this new change could mean less financialy, or even educational. to address the fear, they targeted innocent communities such as blacks, and jews, and scared them. when i mean scare, i mean scare. A common “scare” is a burning cross. or even trying to kill these people were common too because of the fear, they turned to anger. they also recruited more kkk members to create a team.