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As Reconstruction ended, the Democratic Party managed to retake the southern states by using violence to intimidate Republican voters and take over the states. What if the freedmen had been given guns and they retaliated against the KKK and other similar organizations. Would the resistance be effective in neutralizing the KKK once federal troops leave and could they prevent the disenfranchisement of the black voters and avoid Jim Crow?
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