". . . The juries were made up of Ku-Klux, and it was impossible for any of the loyal people to get justice before the courts. Not less than fifty or sixty persons have been killed by the Ku-Klux in the State, besides some three or four hundred whippings, and there has never been a man convicted that I have heard of. Out of all those that I arrested, against whom there was as good proof as could possibly be given, enough to convict anybody before twelve honest men, I do not think one has ever been tried." – Colonel George W. Kirk, a North Carolina state trooper, describing how the Klan work
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– Colonel George W. Kirk, a North Carolina state trooper, describing how the Klan worked to a Senate investigating committee According to the excerpt, violence by the Ku Klux Klan against African Americans and their white supporters was _____ to stop because juries often _____. (1 point) very easy; were against the Ku Klux Klan and its activities difficult; did not believe the evidence was strong against the Ku Klux Klan very difficult; were made up of Ku Klux Klan members quite easy; felt the evidence was very solid against the Ku Klux Klan
very difficult; were made up of Ku Klux Klan members
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