Opposition To Black Civil Rights.

Question 1

Methods of KKK members

Answer 1

1. They used intimidating methods white hoods, flaming crosses and secret oaths
2. They would physically attacked, beat, lynched and murdered African amercains

3.freedmen bureau members were targeted in the 1860s and again in 1950s and 60s when civil rights workers were killed.

Question 2

How may deaths were their in louisiana in the run up to the 1868 presdintal election.

Answer 2

2000 deaths and injuries.

Question 3

What year was the first lynching punishmed

Answer 3

Execution of the first Klan member die lyhching of an African amercain in 1981 although it took 17 years for the punishment to happen.

Question 4

What helped in the decline of KKK

Answer 4

Greater television coverage meant that violence could not be kept away form the public eye