What should we Know about the Ku Klux Klan

The United States was changing and so were the people in it. As the war ended and the confederate military was done some people were still not happy.  The veterans themselves formed a secret society, this was born the Ku Klux Klan.  The secret society quickly  grew to a unofficial  force that was well bent on reversing the federal government. Was it their right to take the law upon themselves or not?  Where did it stop?  The Ku Klux Klan was formed by the Confederate Veterans for the purpose to harm people of the opposite race.

The Klan grew at a quickly and what started out as a secret society, become a well known group. The Ku Klux Klan was formed in Pulaski, Tennessee. The veterans formed this Klan to be a secret society, but it didn't last long until people started to discover it and made it known to the public. The Klan was formed to intimidate the blacks who tried winning political power, in a violent way. The formation of the Klan was on December 24, 1865 and exists still to this day. Their uniform is white robes with pointed hoods and they have their Klan symbol on them.

Violence began in Memphis, Tennessee in 1866. By the time the violence had ended there were over one hundred casualties. The Klan was created basically for  people that are racist and don't like people of the black race. These people constantly went around abusing and torturing blacks mainly just because they didn't like them. People grew to hate the blacks because of privileges they were getting and all of the money that was being shared with the black race, so the Klan was formed to try and show the blacks who was there first. The Ku Klux Klan did a lot of horrible things and make you think to yourself, why would someone be so harsh to one human being? How could someone terrorize a small child just because of their color? 

After the Civil War, the original Klan was founded. The Klan had many Major Events as many people would like to call them. In 1867, Nathan Bedford Forrest II was announced the grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia. While he was the grand wizard, the Klan murdered several thousands of people. There was a group of people attacked by a firebomb while they were on a bus. The other group was attacked when they went inside and they were beaten by the Klan.

In 1868, a year after the major attacks, the Klan published their organization and principles of their Klan. Fast forward several more years, the government passed the Klan Act. The Klan Act  means that the federal government is allowed to intervene within the Klan's agreement and if they didn't agree with what was happening, they can go in and say that certain things couldn't happen. Also in 1871, the Klan would disappear in large amounts and they would be replaced with more violent members.  In the year of 1920 is when the Ku Klux Klan became more known to the public.

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