Did you know that the Ku Klux Klan was recreated three times? The first Ku Klux Klan was discovered on December 24, 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee by confederate veterans. They named the group after a Greek word which was called Kuklos. Kuklos means circle and with that the group stood for Circle of Bothers. The group dressed in masks and robes to both frighten people and to hide their identities. The groups’ intentions were to stop African Americans from voting. They wanted to regain white supremacy. They believed that in order to achieve this they had to threaten people with violence. The Klan attacked freedman and their allies. Their plan was to prevent slaves from gaining the rights that they had recently gained. The Klan grew during the Reconstruction era in the United States. In 1870 and 1871 the Force Acts was passed by the Congress of the United States so that it could protect African Americans so that they could have the right to vote. The Klan didn’t want African Americans voting or having rights that were equal to those of white people. The Force Acts helped to prosecute the Klan for the crimes that they were committing which in result helped to control them.