First of all there was the Ku Klux Klan better known as the KKK. This was a group of people wearing robes and masks. They pretended to be the ghosts of Confederate soldiers. These people were afraid of changes and the growing rights of African Americans. This was also in the north, not just the south. Poverty was a big thing after Reconstruction. It was a problem before the reconstruction, but it became bigger after. Poverty was a global problem in the South, where many white Southerners had lost their land. This has led to them becoming trapped in a small cycle of poverty. African Americans had little work