The KKK was started to reduce the influence of what was then the Republican party. In the days of Lincoln, the Republican party was the more Liberal party. The Democrats were working Conservatives, while the Republicans were wealthy Liberals.
Anyway, in the early days of the Klan, freed blacks were more likely to vote Republican. So in an attempt to curb the Republican influence, the Klan tried to scare (ie., terrorize) black folks into not voting.
When voting intimidation laws were enacted, the Klan shifted to other priorities such as curbing interracial relationships and illegal Immigration.
It was a secret organization formed by people who absolutely hated African Americans. The more they hated the African Americans, the bigger the KKK got.
The KKK (klu klux klan) is a product of the southern United States. It was formed in 1865 by confederate veterans. Some claim that it was and is a 'social organization'. Generally it is thought of as a terrorist group trying to establish white supremacy. In addition to blacks, the KKK attacks Catholics, Jews and other groups. The KKK were formed to restore white power in the north
Although professing to be a "Christian" organization, the KKK or Ku Klux Klan was a racist terrorist organization. Formed primarily as a means of intimidating black men into not exercising their right to vote, their goal was to maintain white supremacy and the enforcement of the Jim Crow regime at any cost.
In the short story "The Adventure of the Five Orange Pips," the KKK stood for an organization formed in the southern US after the US Civil War known as the Ku Klux Klan.
The KKK is a secret organization. However, there were KKK groups in Pennsylvania is the 1920, largely because of its staunch support of National Prohibition.
The KKK was formed at the end of the US Civil War in Pulaski, Tennessee.
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The KKK was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee.
No. The KKK is a social organization, not a company or corporation.
Why do you want to know. The KKK were not formed at the time of Lincoln's death. kool
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