1.3 WHAT SIGNIFICANCE DID THE WHITE BACKLASH IN THE FORMER CONFEDERACY HAVE ON THE RIGHTS OF BLACK AMERICANS?

Question 1

Describe how the KKK was set up.

Answer 1

• 24th December 1865 confederate soldiers to create the KKK
• Prominent members included Nathan Bedford Forest and John. C Gordon
• Elaborate rituals began

Question 2

Impact on voting?

Answer 2

• In the 1875 elections in Mississippi, local democrat party rifle clubs paraded in black areas and incited riots where hundreds of BAs were killed
• Historian Kenneth Stampp wrote that ‘on election day, many BAs stayed away’
• Resentment of military occupation and the impact of black participation in voting alienated white voters

Question 3

Describe how the White League was set up and their successes. g

Answer 3

o Created March 1874 in Louisiana
o Coushatta Massacre August 1874 – murdered 6 Republican officials and 5 BAs
o Battle of Liberty Place September 1874 – troops removed because of yellow fever, WL demanded the resignation of the current governor and for him to be replaced by a Democrat and held New Orleans for 3 days
♣ Eventually lost