What led to the fading of the Ku Klux Klan s importance in the late 1920s? Many Americans realized that intolerance was wrong. Scandals involving the organization s leadership were widely publicized. It had achieved most of its goals. The federal government cracked down on it.

Option: Scandals involving the organization s leadership were widely publicized.

Explanation:

The Ku Klax Klan was a secret society that aimed at white supremacy in the United States. Ku Klax Klan activities gave its popularity in the South, which included beating, lynching, and hanging blacks. The popularity of the movie 'The Birth of a Nation' and its presence in Atlanta led to the recurrence. This secret society dedicated to the suppression of Catholics, Negroes, and Jews. The Klan entered into abrupt decline caused by internal scandals, feuding, killing, and the fading of the organisation's visionary image.  

2018 means 2018 ce or common era

there have been other eras too including bce, which included way more years.

after the civil war, and with the termination of slavery, the south was faced with a big problem; what was supposed to happen and how they were supposed to deal with the freedom and the rights that black people and freed slaves had gained as a result of the north defeating the south and forcing the end of slavery. first, most, if not all, of the workforce of the south came from slaves and they did not have an option to replace the loss of said workforce. second, particularly in the south, people were convinced that black people were lesser, less intelligent, less capable and less smart than whites. this posed a huge problem for them. also, southerners were faced with another issue; freed slaves now had a say in how their lives would be lived and the right to politically choose the way they would be governed. people in the south did not want to accept this, none of this and this opposition and the conflicts that arose from it, not to mention the afereffects of the war, forced the congress of the time to enact and enforce the reconstruction plans that had been proposed by president andrew johnson.