First, there was the Ku Klux Klan, better known as the KKK. It was a group of people wearing robes and masks. They posed as the ghosts of Confederate soldiers. These people were afraid of changes and the rise of African-American rights. This was also the case in the north, not just the south. Poverty was widespread after Reconstruction. This was a problem before the rebuild, but it got worse afterward. Poverty was a global problem in the South, where many white southerners had lost their land. This trapped them in a small cycle of poverty. African Americans had little work