Read this testimony from Ben Johnson who describes what it was like to live in the South in the late 1800s. Then answer the question.What does Johnson mean by “They would watch you just like a chicken rooster watching for a worm”?
Reread Johnson’s description and then answer the question.Given what you know about the Ku Klux Klan’s actions, what does Johnson mean by “dough faces”?
Read about John Good, a blacksmith who made horseshoes. Then answer the question.Why did John Good mark the horseshoes with bent nails?
Reread about John Good and then answer the question.What did the Klan do to John Good?
Read Johnson’s description of what happened at the Gilmore place and then answer the question.How did the Klan treat African Americans at the Gilmore place?
Take another look at the passage and then answer the question.According to the passage, Turk Creek Bridge was the site of what act of Klan terrorism?
Read about local physician, Doctor McCollum. Then answer the question.Doctor McCollum was a member of the Klan, but African Americans liked him anyway. Why?
Read about Doctor McCollum again and then answer the question.Who do you think the Yankees chasing Doc probably were?
Based on what you have read, which word best describes life in the South during the reign of the Ku Klux Klan?
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