1. The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
... the eight democratic members. Signed by every Democrat on the Committee, the minority report "did not deny the existence of Klan-related violence " but instead blamed the violence on the "misguided federal Reconstruction policy. The majority report was signed by the Republican members of the Committee and had by far ... a unified nation, bring together North and South. With these goals, the numbers "of federal troops posted in the South " were reduced considerably and violence against former slaves was allowed to increase. The reduction of troops posted in the South would only continue wi...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate