15th Amendment
The Klan was a very racial group, that showed their thoughts through actions and words through out American history. The Klan didn't want blacks to have equal rights just like the whites because of their color and background. "The Ku Klux Klan was a white underground terrorist group that would not accept black people as equals (History) . " After reconstruction ended, though, other
races and groups tried to stop blacks from using their new rights.
Groups like the KKK threatened to keep them
from being treated equally" (Thinkquest). The Klan wanted to treat African American as
slaves because of their race and
their background. "The Klan wanted to torture former
slaves, cause the slaves won their freedom"(Thinkquest). "Many Klan members were angry because
they lost their slaves, and that means losing
income"(Thinkquest). "Klan members felt threatened because
they thought the blacks would become more powerful than the
whites"(Thinkquest). Klan Members didn't want the Freed slaves to
have the same jobs as the whites,
They want them back in the fields where they belong making their owners
money. After the Civil war, African Americans had to
find jobs in the city to provide for their families. They did more
work than the whites for less salary.