A Group of Kentucky Blacks Provided What Description of the KKK

question 5

Multiple Choice

A group of Kentucky blacks provided what description of the KKK in an 1871 letter to Congress?

• A) The KKK members forced blacks to use separate accommodations from whites.
• B) The KKK dragged black men to testify positively on behalf of whites.
• C) The KKK rode through towns at night, robbing, whipping, ravishing and killing blacks.
• D) The KKK had especially targeted black farmers and land-owners.
• E) None of these choices are correct.

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