It was flourishing because they wanted to overthrow the republican state government by using violence against the african american leaders. Its beliefs were that all non caucasians people are inferior and have no place in the United States. The KKK used public violence for intimidation, they burned down houses, and they attacked and killed black people and left their bodies on the roads.
4. Insane asylums were not meant to torture people, they were for treating illnesses. The patients were treated very horribly. People with psychological disorders were treated very badly . To help them they had to use drugs, electroconvulsive therapy, and surgery, some also had parts of their brain removed. Eugenics is the science of improving a human population