Question

Which is the BEST description of the purpose and motivation of groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the White League during the Reconstruction era?
A) Groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the White League worked to help the newly freed slaves adjust to life after slavery.
B) Groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the White League worked to provide financial assistance for retired Confederate veterans and their families.
C) Groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the White League worked to restore white supremacy in the South through threats and violence against free blacks and white Republicans.
D) Groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the White League worked to ensure that white southerners cooperated with the Reconstruction policies put into effect by the federal government.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is c) Groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the White League worked to restore white supremacy in the South through threats and violence against free blacks and white Republicans.

Explanation:

The group called Ku Klux klan was one of the white supremacy movements that, together with the White League, were known as terrorist groups, which opposed black people having civil and political rights.

These groups were responsible for intimidating African-American people, especially in the south of the country; they are believed to be responsible for many deaths, including the Colfax massacre, to persuade people with black skin and white skin who agreed with the new policies.

These groups thought that power should only belong to whites and that no other person had to try to obtain a prominent position.

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Answer 2

Answer:  B) work more closely with whites in the South.

Explanation: In the Atlanta Compromise speech, Booker T. Washington urged African Americans to work more closely with whites in the South. This "compromise" was meant to soothe tensions in the South, though many people who had allied themselves with him felt betrayed by his sentiment