Many different groups existed during the Reconstruction Era, but the groups did not agree on what was needed to move America forward. White conservatives in the South did not want black people to own property, have political power, or even have the opportunity to vote in elections. White Southerners believed so strongly that whites were superior that they worked hard to ensure that legal restrictions were in place to prevent blacks from achieving any form of equality or power. Freed slaves simply wanted the opportunity to continue “the family-based community system.” working methods” instead of having to accept the individual structure of piecework. Additionally, former slaves wanted to be able to continue living on the land their ancestors had farmed. The indentured labor system was implemented in 1866 under the supervision of the Freedmen's Bureau and provided a fixed wage for workers for one year, with a portion of the wages held back until the crops were harvested. In Carl Schurz's Report on Conditions in the South (1865), it was stated that freedmen were afraid to sign contracts because they feared losing their freedom by signing them. Sharecropping replaced the indentured labor system and allowed black people to work the land individually in exchange for half the profits. Unfortunately, creditors charge high prices with huge interest rates, often causing workers to end the year with a deficit. Freedmen also wanted black churches, organizations, and schools. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union worked to prevent the lynching of black people. President Lincoln and Congress disagreed over what it would take to rebuild the Union, and no legal guidelines were in place, because America's founding father...... middle of paper . .....Judge Albion Tourgée's article on the KKK details the beatings of blacks by the KKK where men and women received "100 blows..., sometimes 200 and 300 blows..." The KKK was ready to terrorizing not only blacks, but also whites who supported blacks. The Fifteenth Amendment was later used to try to quell the violence by allowing the military to stop the work of the Klan. The Compromise of 1877, which authorized the election of President Hayes and the reestablishment of "home rule" in the South, ultimately allowed the two sides to reach a compromise on rebuilding the Union. I would like to learn more about the KKK, not because I am interested in joining, but to try to learn its history and find out why so much hatred existed. To find this information I would use the UA Online Library as the articles would be easier to find.