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.
After a period of decline, white Protestant nativist groups revived the Klan in the early 20th century, burning crosses and staging rallies, parades and marches denouncing immigrants, Catholics, Jews, African Americans and organized labor. The civil rights movement of the 1960s also saw a surge of Ku Klux Klan activity, including bombings of Black schools and churches and violence against Black and white activists in the South. From 1867 onward, Black participation in public life in the South became one of the most radical aspects of Reconstruction, as Black people won election to southern state governments and even to the U.S. Congress. For its part, the Ku Klux Klan dedicated itself to an underground campaign of violence against Republican leaders and voters (both Black and white) in an effort to reverse the policies of Radical Reconstruction and restore white supremacy in the South. They were joined in this struggle by similar organizations such as the Knights of the White Camelia (launched in Louisiana in 1867) and the White Brotherhood.
At least 10 percent of the Black legislators elected during the 1867-1868 constitutional conventions became victims of violence during Reconstruction, including seven who were killed. White Republicans (derided as “carpetbaggers” and “scalawags”) and Black institutions such as schools and churches—symbols of Black autonomy—were also targets for Klan attacks. Hope this helps!
Answer: The United States won because it stopped the spread of communism in South Korea. The Korean Peninsula had the same borders at the end of the war as it did at the beginning.
Explanation:
- Both statements are factual, and we can take both into account. America and its allies have stopped the advance of communist forces from the north of the Korean peninsula, which were supported by Chinese authorities, and material aid from the Soviet Union. If America and the Allies did not get involved, the Korean peninsula would look like the northern part today. Therefore, the Western powers have stopped the penetration of totalitarianism into the territory of North Korea.
- On the other hand, the war did not bring about any significant territorial changes. In the war, the domination of both sides was changing. At the end of the war, a "38th parallel" was established, representing the border between the two warring parties (since officially no Korean recognized the end of the conflict).
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They were to adopt the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments and select United States senators in preparation for readmission to the Union. On March 30, 1870, President Grant signed the act that readmitted Texas to the Union and ended Congressional Reconstruction.
