The Ku Klux Klan employed terrorism against minority groups.
The second Klan embraced the burning Latin cross as a dramatic display of symbolism, with a tone of intimidation
 The purpose of terrorism is to exploit the media in order to achieve maximum attainable publicity as an amplifying force multiplier in order to influence the targeted audience(s) in order to reach short- and midterm political goals and/or desired long-term end states

