Pros And Cons Of The Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan (also known as KKK) is the name of a number of different secret Caucasian organizations in the United States mainly because of their violent racist activities. The Ku Klux Klan was formed in 1865 or 1866 in Pulaski as a local club by six former members of the Confederate army. They dressed up as ghosts on horseback to terrorize slavery black population. Soon, large parts of Tennessee followed KKK and set them as example. Many departments of the KKK are established. On May, 1865, president Andrew Johnson pardoned Southern leaders of the defeated former confederacy. After that, the Southern States highly discriminatory laws against blacks were proclaimed. The liberation of the slaves was almost reversed. The US Congress declared these laws to be void and decided to reconstruct of most Southern States on
The Klan at that time focused mainly on the threats and intimidation of the 'freed slaves', called Freedmen. The KKK wanted to despoil their newly acquired rights. In 1868, the Klan acquired first national recognition which a large number of supporters. It sought to restore white supremacy by threats and violence, including murder, against black and white Republicans. In 1871, the US Congress approved the Civil Rights Act, which were successfully enforced in prosecuting and suppressing Klan crimes. Then, in some South areas, president Ulysses S. Grant acted tough against the KKK. Hundreds of Klansmen were arrested, but only a small part was condemned by insufficient capacity. therefore, by 1875 this first Klan fully dissolved.
The federal government of the US had given the protection of blacks by using the civil rights. After that, it took almost a hundred years for blacks in the South to exercise their electoral rights. The first Klan was local organized. The Klan was extremely popular in the South, especially by its reputation as the last remnant of the Old