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the northern anger mounted against southern > violence, congress passed the Enforcement Acts, or > the Ku Klux Klan Acts in ,1871. In the next year, > the D.S. used its considerable military and judicial > power to break the Klan. But by that > time southern whites had already achieved much of > their goal of "Redeeming", > or winning back the south from Republican rule by > thoroughly intimidating scalawags, African > Americans. And carpetbaggers. Also the purpose of > the Ku Klux Klan was to form a rallying point for > ex-Confederates. It quickly evolved into a terrorist > organization. It tried to eliminate the Republican > Party in the > South by intimidating Republican voters, both black > and white. Its long term was to keep A.A. in the > role of submissive laborers.(Doc2) > > The republicans depended for their support in > the South on African Americans and on people who are > now known as carpetbaggers and scalawags. Both of > these terms were originally insulting names given to > these groups by southerners. Scalawag's, a term that > means "rascals", were southern whites who became > Republicans. They tended to be men who had been > Whigs, who were interested in economic development, > or who lived in the more isolated areas.
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