Jesse Christiansen Article 1 1) 2) it.

3) They claimed that allowing them to vote and keeping the South under military control until they were allowed suffrage would protect them. Article 2 1) 2) Marrying a white person carried the harshest penalty. Blacks could not be employed without a contract and could not quit their job without being arrested. Blacks could not work without the approval of white men. 3) By saying anyone could arrest and carry back a black person who had prematurely quit their job, the law could allow physical abuse of those black people. Article 3 1) 2) 3) They are portrayed as an oppressed people after their defeat. Their land and slaves had been taken from them. A negro supremacy in the South would be more beneficial to the North. Article 4 They had unquestionably supported and aided the Union wherever possible. The Southerners were forced to recognize blacks as equals but did not truly believe

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In their minds, they were always following the Constitution and the Union had taken away their property.

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The Klan appeared to exist to help the defeated Southerners. They would have reacted negatively.

Article 5 1) 2) They threatened, beat, and murdered blacks so other blacks would stay in line. They particularly harassed blacks who had spoken out against them or against other whites.