Question

which group faced significant violence and intimidation during the reconstruction era?
northern industrialists
african americans and white reconstruction supporters
confederate veterans
southern plantation owners

Explanation:

During the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877), white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan targeted African Americans (who were exercising new political and civil rights) and white allies who supported Reconstruction policies, using violence, intimidation, and terrorism to undermine racial progress and reassert white dominance. The other groups listed did not face this targeted, widespread violent intimidation as the primary victims of Reconstruction-era violence.

Answer:

B. African Americans and white Reconstruction supporters