Correct. The answer is c. The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 in Tennessee as a fraternal organization for Confederate veterans. However, within two years, the Klan had radicalized into a terrorist organization that targeted African Americans and Republicans with violence. This transformation was due to the implementation of congressional reconstruction, which threatened to change the South in ways that were objectionable to Klansmen.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 in Tennessee as a fraternal organization for Confederate veterans. However, within two years, the Klan had radicalized into a terrorist organization that targeted African Americans and Republicans with violence. This transformation was due to the implementation of congressional reconstruction, which threatened to change the South in ways that were objectionable to Klansmen.

Correct. The answer is b. The Klan targeted black education by burning down schools, and beating (or even killing) school teachers. Black education threatened the Klan’s vision for the South because having an education allowed freedmen to get better jobs than doing field work. The Klan wanted to keep African Americans working in the fields in order to preserve the plantation economy of the antebellum South.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The Klan targeted black education by burning down schools, and beating (or even killing) school teachers. Black education threatened the Klan’s vision for the South because having an education allowed freedmen to get better jobs than doing field work. The Klan wanted to keep African Americans working in the fields in order to preserve the plantation economy of the antebellum South.

Correct. The answer is D. The Klan prevented freedmen from exercising their right to vote—which they were guaranteed under the Fifteenth Amendment—by terrorizing African Americans who attempted to go to the polls on election day, including physically driving them away from the polls. The Klan targeted African American voters because they wanted to prevent changes to southern politics and political democracy.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The Klan prevented freedmen from exercising their right to vote—which they were guaranteed under the Fifteenth Amendment—by terrorizing African Americans who attempted to go to the polls on election day, including physically driving them away from the polls. The Klan targeted African American voters because they wanted to prevent changes to southern politics and political democracy.

Correct. The answer is a. The Klan essentially functioned as the military arm of the Democratic Party in the South, for their terror was most often targeted at Republicans. The Klan terrorized black Republican voters, assaulted Republican politicians, and brutally murdered the president of the Republican Club in Monroe County, Mississippi. The Republican Party represented the changes that Congress—which was controlled by Republicans—was trying to make in the South with Reconstruction, which is why they so enraged the Klan.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The Klan essentially functioned as the military arm of the Democratic Party in the South, for their terror was most often targeted at Republicans. The Klan terrorized black Republican voters, assaulted Republican politicians, and brutally murdered the president of the Republican Club in Monroe County, Mississippi. The Republican Party represented the changes that Congress—which was controlled by Republicans—was trying to make in the South with Reconstruction, which is why they so enraged the Klan.

Correct. The answer is c. Although the Klan claimed that it was acting in self-defense against the danger posed by the black population, all of the Klan’s violence was ultimately focused on enacting a central goal: restoring the South to its pre-war conditions. The Klan wanted to reinstate the “Old South” and its economy, labor system, politics, and racial etiquette.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Although the Klan claimed that it was acting in self-defense against the danger posed by the black population, all of the Klan’s violence was ultimately focused on enacting a central goal: restoring the South to its pre-war conditions. The Klan wanted to reinstate the “Old South” and its economy, labor system, politics, and racial etiquette.