How was the Ku Klux Klan affected by the passage of the Enforcement Acts? The organization's membership increased because the new laws supported their activities. A few members stopped using violent tactics, but most continued to terrorize African Americans. Many members were jailed or fined for committing criminal acts such as intimidation and murder. They joined forces with other white supremacist groups and successfully opposed the new laws.

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Ayla Crawford

19 January, 07:59

How was the Ku Klux Klan affected by the passage of the Enforcement Acts? The organization's membership increased because the new laws supported their activities. A few members stopped using violent tactics, but most continued to terrorize African Americans. Many members were jailed or fined for committing criminal acts such as intimidation and murder. They joined forces with other white supremacist groups and successfully opposed the new laws.

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Jesse Mendez · Answer 1

It was to combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans, so, it made people liable in court for taking these rights, making the things the Ku Klux Klan illegal, and so they could be prosecuted. It actually dismembered the clan until the 20th century.