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Why did white southern citizens use violence to terrorize blacks after civil war?
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Southerners of European descent had long thought of people of African descent as being racially inferior, which was why they felt justified in enslaving such people and treating them as domestic animals rather than as people. When the slaves were freed as a result of the Civil War and the subsequent constitutional amendment, these white Southerners did not wish to give up the position of social superiority to which they considered themselves entitled. Therefore, violence and terror were used to prevent African-Americans from assuming a position of social equality.
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The movement of tens of thousands of southern blacks north during World War 1 resulted in?
Racial violence in the north
How much of the Southern farmland was owned by blacks by 1880?
ten %
What was the smallest segment of southern society?
Free Blacks (2%)
How was society segregated in the 1930s in the southern US?
whites and blacks were segregated harshly.
What was The large scale movement of hundred southern blacks to cities in the north was called?
The Great Movement
A secret society organized by southern whites to terrorize blacks was?
As well the secret society was not as polite to African-Americans,and also the secret society was called "Ku Klux Klan".
The movement of tens of thousands of southern blacks north during World War 1 resulted in?
Racial violence in the north
How did southern blacks lose rights in the years after the 13th 14th and 15th amendment?
Some white Southerners used state legislation, segregation, and violence to limit the freedoms of blacks.
How did southern blacks lose rights in the years after the 13th 14th and 15th amendments?
Some white Southerners used state legislation, segregation, and violence to limit the freedoms of blacks.
How did southern blacks lose rights in the years after the thirteenth fourteenth and fifteenth amendments?
Some white Southerners used state legislation, segregation, and violence to limit the freedoms of blacks.
Organization that used threats and violence to keep blacks away from the polls?
KKK's Organization that used threats and violence to keep blacks away from the polls.
Did the Confederacy free the blacks?
No. But there were some free blacks in the southern states.
What was the purpose of violence against blacks?
The same reason as violence is used everywhere; to emphasise the point "do what I say or you will be hurt".
Ida Wells was an advocate for?
Southern blacks
Who was the largest group in southern society?
blacks
What are southern blacks?
There is no such thing. All southerners use the same idioms! They become "southern Black" idioms, when blacks move north and forget their culture.
What was the mission of ku klux klan?
To use the terminology of the times, meaning the years immediately after it's beginnings, the Klan's goal was to terrorize freed Blacks, prevent them from voting, and burn their churches. And to form lynching crews. The Klan also targeted any "White sympathizers", who tried to help Freed Blacks. Klan activity was based in the South. Later on, the Klan still existed, and the term Afro-Americans is best used to describe their main targets. The activities of the modern day Klan, up to about the early 1960's, was in line with past activities. Afro-American churches were burned, burning crosses were placed on the properties owned by Southern Afro-Americans.
