Which best describes a purpose of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1860s and 1870s?

To intimidate blacks and white Republicans

a) to intimidate blacks and white Republicans

b) to murder blacks and white Republicans

c) to lynch blacks and white Republicans

d) to enfranchise blacks and white Republicans

Explanation:

The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist group that formed in the south of the United States in the late 1860s, during the Reconstruction era, after the south lost the civil war against the north. It was intended to terrorize african american communities in the south and overthrow Republican governments in order to install white supremacy back. This first Klan lasted until the 1870s.