Question

which statement is true about the ku klux klan (kkk)?
a. president grant’s dispatching of federal marshals and troops in 1871 failed to have any effect on klan violence.
b. the kkk functioned as the military arm of the republican party in the south.
c. most southern planters, merchants, and democratic politicians who considered themselves “respectable citizens” publicly condemned the klan.
d. founded in 1866 in tennessee, the kkk was a terrorist organization that attacked black and white republicans during reconstruction.
e. the kkk was primarily concerned with stopping asian immigration to the south.

Explanation:

• Option a: President Grant's 1871 actions significantly reduced Klan violence, so this is false.
• Option b: The KKK opposed Republicans, not acted as their military arm; this is false.
• Option c: Many southern elite Democrats either supported or ignored the KKK, not publicly condemned it; this is false.
• Option d: The KKK was founded in 1866 in Tennessee, and it targeted Black people and white Republicans during Reconstruction as a terrorist group; this is true.
• Option e: The KKK's primary focus was not Asian immigration, but targeting Black Americans and their allies; this is false.

Answer:

d. Founded in 1866 in Tennessee, the KKK was a terrorist organization that attacked Black and white Republicans during Reconstruction.