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Susan Campbell Bartoletti argues that the K.K.K. is a terrorist group that was mostly targeted against the black population. The book is divided up into 10 chapters. The first chapter, Bottom Rail Top introduces the events that lead up to the K.K.K. being established. For example the Civil War was just ending while the K.K.K. was being established. Chapters two, three, and four are all about how the K.K.K. was created, who was involved, and where they would meet or make plans. Chapter five is all about the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson and how the K.K.K. agreed with what he said. So, when he got impeached this made the K.K.K. mad. Chapters six, seven, and eight are about how the K.K.K. where against black people. They didn’t want them growing crops in the south, have and education, of be religious at church. Lastly, chapters nine and ten are about how the K.K.K. was brought to the attention of the government and the K.K.K. was cooled down a little bit. …show more content…

terrorizing people. Then it gives the events that they actually terrorized people. It tells about the offal experiences that people went through caused by the K.K.K. This book gives examples of quotes and interviews from the victims. It also gives the date of each act. This is very effective because it’s accurate data and the truth. If someone is ready a historical book they want the truth. This is what this book gives you. It tells you where, when, and who is involved and backs everything up with real life evidence. The author is biased towards the K.K.K. yet her background has nothing to do with it from what I can tell. Bartoletti is a white female born after these incidents in the book happened. She just believed that the K.K.K. is a very bad group, what they did to black people was very wrong and she’s sharing her opinions about

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