What is the connection between the Ku Klux Klan and Reconstruction?

A) The Klan played no role during Reconstruction
B) The Klan assisted local African Americans in establishing political and social rights in several southern states.
C) The Klan promoted violence in the interest of southern Democrats who ended Reconstruction.
D) The Klan helped to prolong Reconstruction by volunteering to staff military outposts in rural areas of the South.


Answer: C

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