What Was the Main Reason for the Ku Klux Klan's

question 46

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason for the Ku Klux Klan's success in the South after 1868?

• A) popular support from whites of all social classes
• B) its centralized political organization
• C) its support from the southern state Republican governments
• D) the persistent threat of a violent black uprising
• E) the Force Act, which protected terrorist groups like the Klan

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