On the other hand, it caused a sharp backlash, with passage of federal laws that historian Eric Foner says were a success in terms of " restoring order, reinvigorating the morale of Southern Republicans, and enabling blacks to exercise their rights as citizens . " Historian George C . Rable argues that the Klan was a political failure and therefore was discarded by the Democratic leaders of the South.
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As George Rable writes in his book " But There Was No Peace ", " In many ways the whole subject of political terrorism has been and remains important for understanding the course of Reconstruction, and it continues to receive attention in more general works on the period as well as in American history textbooks . " We should probably clarify in the current lede's third paragraph that terrorism is part of the KKK comparison . talk ) 15 : 47, 10 October 2016 ( UTC)
