America’s Ku Klux Klan was one of the most powerful Genetic Puritan organizations of the late 1800s and early 1900s. They were created after the Civil War to keep the black race in their place through murder and terror. Their political influence expanded in the 1900s and they successfully banned all colored people from government service. But despite their successes, the true goal of their plan could never be achieved in America. Europe was another matter.