White Resistance to Reconstruction--The Ku Klux Klan

1. Roots of White Resistance
   1. Reconstruction as "Outside Imposition"
   2. Illegitimacy (in White Eyes) of Black Political Power
   3. A Revolutionary Situation for Whites as Well as Blacks
2. Modes of Resistance
   1. Local "Clubs"--"Parallel Governments"
      1. Informal Law Enforcement--Patrolling
      2. Political Coercion
   2. Terrorist Organizations--
3. The Ku Klux Klan
   1. Origins in Pulaski, TN (1865)
      1. As "Social Club"
      2. As Political Vehicle--Opposition to Brownlow Regime
   2. Organization and Membership
      1. No Real Central Organization
      2. A (Young) White Man's Organization--Not Just Hooligans
   3. Methods
      1. Early--Jokes and Threats
      2. Then--Terrorism
   4. Reaction and the "Dissolution" of the Klan (1869)
   5. Areas of Strength--Relative Racial/Political Balance
   6. Response
      1. Local Impotence
      2. The Federal Anti-Klan Drive
         1. The Enforcement Acts (1870-1871)
         2. Martial Law (1871)
   7. Legacy
      1. The Klan's Back Broken, BUT
      2. A New, More Open, Form of Violence