Ku Klux Klan Act Of 1871

[As a result]: . . . many states had take action to fight the Ku Klux Klan, to oppose the Ku Klux Klan’s movements; law enforcement officials tried to arrest the accused Klansmen. It was not easy since it was difficult to find witnesses to testify against them. In that case, Republican state governments in the South turned to Congress for help, which result in the passage of three Enforcement Acts, the strongest of which was the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. The act authorized the president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and arrest, accused individuals without charge, and to send federal forces to suppress Klan violence” (History.com Staff). From the early 1870s along, white dominance gradually maintained its hold on the South as reinforcement