Question 12 • (AG Q4) American History 8: 25-26 (AHostetler)
The Ku Klux Klan was founded in Tennessee in 1865, shortly after the Civil War, by former Confederate soldiers. Carpetbaggers and scalawags were names for groups involved in Southern politics during Reconstruction, not the Klan’s founders. The correct choice is ex-Confederate soldiers.
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