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5 unusual facts about Domestic terrorism in the United States


American terrorism

Domestic terrorism in the United States, terrorism allegedly carried out in the United States by American citizens

Domestic terrorism in the United States

Domestic terrorism in the United States between 1980 and 2000 consisted of incidents confirmed as or suspected to be terrorist acts.

During reconstruction at the end of the civil war the original KKK used domestic terroristic methods against the Federal Government and freed slaves.

From 1978 to 1995, Harvard University graduate and former mathematics professor Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski – known by the codename "UNABOM" until his identification and arrest by the FBI – carried out a campaign of sending letterbombs to academics and various individuals particularly associated with modern technology.

These cases of terrorism were documented extensively in the book Miami by Joan Didion.



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