reasons reconstruction failed

KKK violence

what were the two main aims of the KKK

their two main aims were to prevent African Americans from voting and to keep Democratic government in power in the South

what KKK violence happened in Louisiana 1868

Klan violence worked to surpress african americans in the south from voting for the republican party, 2000 people were killed, wounded or injured within a few weeks prior to the election of 1868

what were the events of the Colby case

1869- radical republican, Georgia Abram Colby was taken from his bed and beaten by the KKK in front of his family due to his injuries he did not seek re-election to the Georgia legislature

what happened in South Carolina in 1871

500 masked men attacked the union county jail and lynched eight black prisoners