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.
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Famous quotes containing the word goal:
“It will help us and our children if we can laugh at our faults. It will help us tolerate our shortcomings, and it will help our children see that the goal is to be a human, not perfect.”
—Neil Kurshan (20th century)
“No one
Shall hunger: Man shall spend equally.
Our goal which we compel: Man shall be man.”
—Stephen Spender (1909–1995)
“I have the same goal I’ve had ever since I was a girl. I want to rule the world.”
—Madonna [Madonna Louise Ciccione] (b. 1958)