Founded in 1866, 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.
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In 1866, after the Civil War, Federal troops were placed in Western Texas in order to restore order, ensure government loyalty and enforce the freedom slaves had just acquired as a result of the war. The U.S military entered the state because commanders believed this was the best way to protect the rights of the blacks and to support president Abraham Lincoln's decision.
