The Past and Present Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan was formed at the end of the Civil War during the Reconstruction period. ... In December 1865, in Pulaski, Tennessee, six men who were previously officers in the Civil War decided to start a club, mainly for amusement. ... In the fall of 1915, the second era of the Ku Klux Klan was born. ... This Klan was not a night-riding, violent organization as was the previous era of the Klan, but a fraternal organization with class. ... In 1917, when America entered World War I, the Klan found a purpose. ...

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The motivation for passing the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 and the formation of the Joint Select Committee, began with events that took place in the United States at the end of the eighteen sixty-three Civil War. ... The Ku Klux Klan set out the primary targets of their terrorism as being "any blacks [that] challenged white supremacy by daring to vote, teach, or acquire land, and carpetbaggers, white Northerners who came to the South after the war to seek their fortunes or to assume office in the Reconstruction state governments. ...

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The two historians and myself disagree with Borritt who chooses to write that "it would be more accurate, even if more awkward, to call it the war for the American Dream.8" However, Borritt does not consider that Lincoln once told a friend that his "paramount object [was] the struggle to save the union and it [was] not either to save or destroy slavery,9" therefore demonstrating that he was not committed to the equality of African-Americans in the "de facto" sense. ... I most agree with Ward who stated "although slavery is buried...Jim Crow is very much alive...

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