What are the different types of terrorists?
Ideologically Motivated Beliefs * Theological * Political * Hybrid Citizenship * Domestic * Foreign Psychologically Dangerous Sociopath * Desires sense of power, knowledgeable about consequences Mentally unstable * Irrational or delusional Personal Benefit or Revenge Benefit * Offender gains financial, reputational, or other enhancement Revenge * Offender settles an actual or perceived grievance against an individual or institution Return to top What is the Ku Klux Klan? The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the nation’s largest and most enduring terrorist group, founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1865. It waged a violent campaign against newly freed black slaves who exercised their rights and the whites who supported Reconstruction (Chalmers, 1981). Outrage over Klan atrocities led to the passage of the Federal KKK Acts, laws that are still used today to punish violent deprivations of civil rights. The Klan’s influence ensnared the whole South and its membership soared to over 500,000 before it wa
