How successful was the government in stopping the KKK?

The success of the KKK lead to congress declaring night riding a crime;

Explanation:

There was a downfall that was caused by

-Many Klansmen were jailed in 1870's

-investigations of the klan

-lack of control in the klan

-Klan ideas still stayed around in the South(936-939)

lincoln declared that slavery should not be allowed to spread into the new states, and of course this angered the south at the time.

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