Which secret society organized after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence?

• A. Racism
• B. Imperialism
• C. Ku Klux Klan
• D. Great Migration

Answer: (C)

After the Civil War, white supremacist groups formed to roll back Reconstruction policies and restore racial dominance through terror. The Ku Klux Klan fits this pattern exactly: a secret society that used disguises, violence, and intimidation to intimidate Black citizens, terrorize political opponents, and undermine efforts to extend civil rights. Their goal was to reassert white supremacy by force, not through law or policy.

The other options don’t match this description. Racism is an attitude or belief, not a specific organization; imperialism is a policy of expanding a nation’s power abroad; the Great Migration was a demographic movement of African Americans leaving the South for northern cities.