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Ku Klux Klan

Ku Klux Klan. The Second Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan was a organization that was perceived as white supremacy, anti-Semitism, racism, anti-Catholicism, homophobia, and nativism. History of the Ku Klux Klan. The first Klan was founded in 1866 by the Confederate Army

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Ku Klux Klan

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  1. Ku Klux Klan

  2. The Second Ku Klux Klan • The Ku Klux Klan was a organization that was perceived as white supremacy, anti-Semitism, racism, anti-Catholicism, homophobia, and nativism.

  3. History of the Ku Klux Klan • The first Klan was founded in 1866 by the Confederate Army • They adopted quickly violent methods • The organization was in decline from 1868 to 1870 and was destroyed in the early 1870s by President Ulysses S.

  4. Creation of the First Ku Klux Klan • The Original Ku Klux Klan was created at the end of the civil war in December 24,1865 • It was created by six educated, middle-class Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee

  5. Activities of the First Ku Klux Klan • Klan sought to control the political and social status of the freed slaves • t attempted to curb black education, economic advancement, voting rights, and the right to bear arms

  6. Creation of the second Ku Klux Klan • The second Klan was founded in 1915 demonstrated the newfound power of modern mass media • The second Ku Klux Klan was founded with a new anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, and anti-Semitic agenda

  7. Activities of the second Ku Klux Klan • the reorganized Klan had a new anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic, anti-Communist and anti-immigrant slant. • The new Klan differed from the first Klan the first Klan influenced Southern America and the second influenced the United States.

  8. Membership • The Klan was successful in recruiting throughout the country. • At its peak in the 1920’s the Organization included about 15% of the nation's eligible population. • There were Clans founded in Canada like in Saskatchewan. • There was a large Clan movement against Catholic immigrants.

  9. Political Influence • At its peak, Klan membership exceeded 4 million and comprised 20% of the adult white male population. • In many broad geographic regions, as high as 40%. • The KKK controlled the governments of Tennessee, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Oregon.

  10. Decline of the Klan • The second Klan collapsed partly as a result of the backlash against their actions and partly as a result of a scandal involving David Stephenson theGrand Dragon of Indiana and fourteen other states, who was convicted of the rape and murder of Madge Oberholtzer in a sensational trial. • As a result of these scandals, the Klan fell out of public favor in the 1930s and withdrew from political activity

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