Summary of Class 2/1-2/4

On Friday in class we stared off class by reading Andrew Johnson's obituary Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States who faced many difficulties in his childhood, such as education where he had to educate himself. After reading his obituary, we had a brief discussion on him. Today in class, we took notes, again about the Reconstruction Period. In these notes, we focused on the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The KKK were an organization of white men who looked to harm, torture or kill any African Americans. In some cases they would drag them out of their houses and beat them or they would burn crosses into their lawn.