Why did the Klan attract many white Southerners after the Civil War?

The Ku Klux Klan attracted many white Southerners by promoting white supremacy and resisting the political and social changes that followed the Civil War, including Black equality and Reconstruction. Its message appealed to people seeking to preserve white control in the South. Choice B is incorrect because the Klan opposed Radical Reconstruction, and choice C does not describe the Klan’s purpose.

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