After the Civil War, many Southern states passed Black Codes to restrict the rights and movement of freed slaves and keep them in positions similar to slavery. The Black Codes established curfews, required work contracts, and allowed punishment for freed slaves who did not have jobs. In response to increased rights for African Americans and Republican policies, some white Southerners joined the Ku Klux Klan terrorist organization in 1866. The Klan aimed to intimidate and maintain white supremacy through acts of violence, harassment and intimidation against both black people and white Republicans.
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12. After looking at the pictures of
some of what the South looked like
after Sherman marched through, if
you were a Southerner in 1866,
how would you react to what you
just saw? Write a paragraph that
explains your reaction on your
handout.
13. No better
• As a way to keep some kind
of control, many Southern
states passed a series of
laws called Black Codes
to keep the former slaves in
positions of semi-slavery.
14. No better
• They set up curfews so that
African Americans could
not gather after dark or
could be whipped, fined, or
sold into a year’s labor if
they did not have a job.
15. No better
•The codes said that blacks
could only work on the
farm or in the house.
16. No better
•Some had to sign year-
long labor contracts and if
they left early they did
not get paid and were
arrested as being
vagrants.
17. response
• Other whites were angry
that so much had been
given to African Americans
and in response some
joined an organization
called the “Ku Klux Klan,”
which was formed in 1866.
18. response
• Members agreed to
“defend the social and
political superiority” of
whites against the
“aggressions of an inferior
race.”
19. response
• In an effort to intimidate
Republicans, both whites and
African Americans, the Klan
became the United States’ first
true terrorist
organization, covering
themselves in long white robes
and hoods and appearing from
20. response
• Their actions might include
planting burning crosses in
front of their victims homes,
dragging their victims from
their homes and harassing,
torturing, kidnapping, or even
murdering them.
