Question

Which of the following groups was formed during Reconstruction and used violence and terror to try to prevent freed slaves from voting and enjoying other civil liberties? A.Radical Republicans B.Scalawags Carpetbaggers AND.The Ku Klux Klan

Answer 1

The term Reconstruction Era, in the context of the history of the United States, has two senses: the first covers the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the American Civil War (1861 to 1865); the second sense focuses on the attempted transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877, as directed by Congress, from states with economies dependent upon slavery, to states in which former slaves were citizens with civil rights. With the three Reconstruction Amendments, the era saw the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution in decades.
Three visions of Civil War memory appeared during Reconstruction: the reconciliationist vision, which was rooted in coping with the death and devastation the war had brought; the white supremacist vision, which included terror and violence; and the emancipationist vision, which sought full freedom, citizenship, and Constitutional equality for African Americans.[2]

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) the Ku Klux Klan.

The group that was formed during Reconstruction and used violence and terror to try to prevent freed slaves from voting and enjoying other civil liberties was the Ku Klux Klan.

The white supremacist group called the Kuklux Klan (KKK) was founded in Pulaski, Tennesse in 1865 and had most of its presence in the Southern states of the US during 1870 as opposition and violent group against the Reconstruction program established by the government. It was a group of people that offended and intimidated physically African Americans. Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first leader of the clan. So it is true that the KKK was formed during Reconstruction and used violence and terror to try to prevent freed slaves from voting and enjoying other civil liberties.