Analyze the Compromise of 1877 as federal abandonment that allowed Reconstruction's violent overthrow — NOT natural collapse; document KKK + White Leagues + Red Shirts + Colfax 1873 + Hamburg 1876 + Mississippi Plan 1875 + Enforcement Acts 1870-1871 + Slaughter-House 1873 + Cruikshank 1876 + Civil Rights Cases 1883 + Compromise of 1877 per Foner 1988 + Du Bois 1935 + Gates 2019
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~4 min
hist.g8.f.ex_34
Short Answer
Prompt
Where + when was the KKK founded? Who became its 'Grand Wizard' in 1867?
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- Pulaski TN Dec 24 1865 by 6 Confederate veterans
- Nathan Bedford Forrest (former Confederate cavalry general + slave trader + commander at Fort Pillow Massacre April 12 1864)
Hints
- KKK was direct continuation of Confederate cavalry organizational culture.
- Forrest's Fort Pillow Massacre connection links L9 -> L14.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treating KKK as later 20th-century organization only
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