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Chapter 12 The Klu Klux Klan, also known as the KKK, is a group of people that discriminate against African Americans. It was predominately made up of Confederate soldiers after the war, but began to spread throughout the South and turned into a large terrorist movement. Their main goal was to ensure that white people were still in full control and African Americans did not have any political power. The KKK mainly instilled fear in African Americans by sending them warning messages. These messages consisted of burning crosses, beating up African Americans, and, the most violent of all, lynching. Photo: "Florida Memory - Ku Klux Klan Members Gathered in Front of a Burning Cross - Tallahassee, Florida." Florida Memory. 1 Sept. 1956. Web. 24 Sept. 2015. . Info: Danzer, Gerald A. The Americans. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Print