Enforcement Acts - Goal

Goal

The main goal in creating these acts was to improve conditions for blacks, and freed slaves. The main target was the Ku Klux Klan, a racial group, targeting blacks and later other groups. Although this act was meant to fight against the KKK and help blacks, and freedmen, many states were reluctant to take extreme actions for several reasons. Some politicians at the state and federal levels were members of the klan, or didn’t have enough strength to fight them. Another goal of the acts were to achieve national unity, and create a country where all races and genders were considered equals.