1. I think this document is a secondary source. I know because a secondary document is written by another researcher, but a primary document is created by someone directly involved in the events you're studying. So, this document is probably secondary.
2. The Ku Klux Klan was formed in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1865. It was originally founded as a social club for former Confederate soldiers, but then Klan evolved into a terrorist organization.
3. In 1866, a quarrel between whites and black ex-soldiers erupted into a full-fledged riot in Memphis, Tennessee. Two months later, on July 30, a similar outbreak of violence erupted in New Orleans. This time, a white mob attacked the attendees of a black suffrage convention, killing 37 blacks and three whites who allied with them.
4. The reorganized Klan's first leader, or "Grand Wizard," was Nathan Bedford Forrest, who had been a Confederate general during the Civil War. They used intimidation, violence and murder to maintain white supremacy in Southern government and social life.
5. In the name of preserving law and order in an all-white-society, Klansmen punished newly freed blacks for a variety of reasons, including behaving in an impudent manner toward whites. They whipped the teachers of freedmen's schools and burnt their schoolhouses. Leading up to the 1868 presidential election the Klan's activities picked up in speed and brutality. Across the South, the Klan and other terrorist groups used brutal violence to intimidate Republican voters. In Arkansas, over 2,000 murders were committed in connection with the election. In Georgia, the number of threats and beatings was even higher. And in Louisiana, 1000 blacks were killed as the election neared.
6. In Arkansas, over 2,000 murders were committed in connection with the election. In Georgia, the number of threats and beatings was even higher. And in Louisiana, 1000 blacks were killed as the election neared. In those three states, Democrats won decisive victories at the polls.
7. The Klan's activities backfired because people realized that harsher laws would have to be passed in order to stop the violence and protect Southern blacks. In the 1868 presidential election, republican Ulysses S. Grant won the office with the slogan, "Let Us Have Peace." Republicans also won a majority in Congress. Many northerners, disgusted by Klan violence, gave their full support to the Fifteenth Amendment. This gave the blacks the right to vote. Other legislation attacked the Klan more directly. Between 1870 and 1871, Congress passed the Enforcement Acts, which made it a crime to interfere with registration, voting, officeholding, or jury service of blacks. More than 5,000 people were under these laws. And a little more than 1,000 were convicted.
8. Congress passed the Enforcement Acts, which made it a crime to interfere with registration, voting, officeholding, or jury service of blacks. Basically the Enforcement Acts is a law that protects the blacks. I think these laws were effective because some of the blacks lives were saved and part of the Klan was stopped. More than 5,000 people were under these laws. And a little more than 1,000 were convicted.
9. The financial panic of 1873 would distract the North from the problems of Southern racism. So they wouldn't go and attack them.
10. The Ku Klux Klan Act allowed the government to act against terrorist organizations. This meant that the governemnt and Congress were now allowed to go, chase, and hold them for trial. This onlu happened because Grant was president. I think the author ends the passage this way to show that racism is still there out in the world, but the Ku Kux Klan is dead. Gone. Forever erased from the world.
BTW: I fixed 7 and 6 they are no longer switched. Enjoy! And have a nice day!
