Hate Groups and Resistance
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Hate Groups and Resistance
• Bell Work: – Think about places like Iraq and Afghanistan, what
did the citizens do after troops invaded their land?
Klu Klux Klan
• What comes to mind when you hear these words?
• (Show Clip)
The 1st Klan
• Founded by ex confederates, as a “terrorist group”– Abused freedmen, persons from the Bureau,
intimidated voters. . .
– Turned elections around
Effects
• Republicans lost support. . . . African Americans afraid to vote against democrats
• Instilled fear in African Americans and also some whites
• Southerners thought this would make the government turn the south. . . Soon the Klan stopped and phased out
After the Fact
• Began lynching of African Americans
• Government began to prosecute individuals and by the mid 1870’s the Klan was replaced by other groups.