The Main Purpose of the Ku Klux Klan During Reconstruction

question 104

Multiple Choice

The main purpose of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to

• A)destroy the Republican Party in the South.
• B)deny freedmen equal protection under the law.
• C)return black Americans to slavery.
• D)dismantle the Democratic Party.
• E)take the South out of the Union.

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