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It's actually true, that's why pretty much any book you read on the subject or documentary you watch states the same thing.
I have several and the fact remains that the original incarnation wasn't politically motivated. That came later.
No argument there
They wanted the same things, but not in the same manner, thus, the signing of the Klan Act of 1871.
#1: Not true. I posted the foremost most respected historian/scholar on Reconstruction Klan. I can provide more sources for you if needed.
#2: Already corrected you on that.
#3: You can not be serious honey. Who is they? White folks? The Klan? Most whites were basically in support of the Klan.
The Klan Act of 1871 was a joke. And it was not successful as they stated it was. They continued to kill, harass and intimidate Black people - and nothing was done about it.
Two months later in April 1871, Congress passed the third and final measure, known as the Ku Klux Klan Act. This Act outlawed terrorist conspiracies by all racist vigilantes including but not limited to the Ku Klux Klan. It allowed the President to suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus in regions prone to terrorist activities.
Overall, the acts undermined the organized violence of the Ku Klux Klan. The Acts, unfortunately, did not stop all violent resistance to African American participation in voting across the South. That violence helped overthrow Reconstruction governments in all but three ex-Confederate states by the end of President Grant’s second term. The U.S. Supreme Court in two rulings also undermined the Acts. In United States v. Reese et al. 1876 and the United States v. Cruikshank 1876 opponents of the Enforcement Acts challenged their constitutionality. The Court agreed with the plaintiffs and concluded that voting rights are best-regulated by state authorities without federal intervention.