The Ku Klux Klan used violence to resist Reconstruction and target African American rights during this period. Their terrorist tactics included intimidation and lynching to restore white supremacy. This contributed to the end of Reconstruction and the enactment of oppressive laws against African Americans. ;
The Ku Klux Klan was an organization that used violence to resist Reconstruction and suppress the rights of African Americans. They resorted to intimidation, lynching, and other terror tactics to maintain white supremacy and stifle African American participation in society. This violence contributed to the end of Reconstruction and led to oppressive Jim Crow laws.
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