United States. When the war was finally over, and reconstruction began, there were many questions left. People did not know what rights to give the newly freed slaves, if any. In the North, people wanted blacks to be citizens with full rights. In the South however, groups such as the KKK, the Knights of the White Camellia, and others, used terrorism to prevent blacks from voting or exercising their rights as citizens. Many white southerners considered these groups to actually be patriotic.
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