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The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) first started in the late 1860s. It was founded as a social club, but soon its main purpose would be to resist Reconstruction. Which statement BEST explains why the KKK wanted to resist Reconstruction?

A. They wanted to support the political views of the radical Republicans in office.
B. They did not agree with the political views of the radical Democrats in office.
C. They wanted to support the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant in 1868.
D. They did not want to share political and economic freedom with freed slaves.

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D.

They're racist, remember?
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