The major long-term effect of white terrorist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan was to
a. disempower blacks politically and restore white supremacy.
b. drive the U.S. Army out of the South.
c. create a permanent secret government of former Confederates in the southern states.
d. make most southerners forget their nostalgia for the lost cause of the Confederacy.
e. encourage many blacks to arm themselves for self-defense.
Answer: A