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The Klan Rises Again
Summarize this section; make sure to include specific details about the rising of the Klan (year, membership and names)
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The Klan Rises Again
* The Red Scare and anti-immigrant feelings made different groups of bigots use anticommunist feelings as an excuse to harass anyone they felt were different from them * The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) revived in 1915 and really gained power in the 1920’s o Devoted to 100% Americanism o Had 4.5 million members in 1924 o All white males o Believed: + In keeping blacks “in their place” + In Destroying saloons + In Opposing unions + In driving Roman Catholics, Jews, and foreign born people out of the U.S. + They resented African American advances after WWI + Feared job competition from immigrants + Felt their moral values attacked by intellectuals + Felt immigrants would overthrow the American way of life o Members dressed in white robes o Used secret language and rituals o Used salesmen, or kleagles, to find new “recruits” + Edward Clark (a KKK salesman) created an incentive program where KKK salesmen kept four of the ten dollar initiation fee for each new Klan member that was recruited + Keagling became one of the most profitable industries in the of the decade o Grand Wizard Hiram Evans described Klan members as “plain people…the everyday, not highly cultured, not overly intellectualized, but entirely unspoiled…citizens of the old stock.” o In other words, Klan members felt threatened by change in the U.S. society o Vented their frustration through racial violence o Tried to influence national, state, and local parties o Dominated state politics during the 1920’s in: + Arkansas + California + Indiana + Ohio + Oklahoma + Oregon + Texas o Crimes committed by Indiana Klan leaders resulted in a major power decrease nationwide by the end of the 1920’s
The information does not really stay on the topic of the KKK rising again. I, like Jackie, found it really hard to follow this information. Kierstdea Furey
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The Klan Rises Again
* The Red Scare and anti-immigrant feelings made different groups of bigots use anticommunist feelings as an excuse to harass anyone they felt were different from them
* The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) revived in 1915 and really gained power in the 1920’s
o Devoted to 100% Americanism
o Had 4.5 million members in 1924
o All white males
o Believed:
+ In keeping blacks “in their place”
+ In Destroying saloons
+ In Opposing unions
+ In driving Roman Catholics, Jews, and foreign born people out of the U.S.
+ They resented African American advances after WWI
+ Feared job competition from immigrants
+ Felt their moral values attacked by intellectuals
+ Felt immigrants would overthrow the American way of life
o Members dressed in white robes
o Used secret language and rituals
o Used salesmen, or kleagles, to find new “recruits”
+ Edward Clark (a KKK salesman) created an incentive program where KKK salesmen kept four of the ten dollar initiation fee for each new Klan member that was recruited
+ Keagling became one of the most profitable industries in the of the decade
o Grand Wizard Hiram Evans described Klan members as “plain people…the everyday, not highly cultured, not overly intellectualized, but entirely unspoiled…citizens of the old stock.”
o In other words, Klan members felt threatened by change in the U.S. society
o Vented their frustration through racial violence
o Tried to influence national, state, and local parties
o Dominated state politics during the 1920’s in:
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Indiana
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Texas
o Crimes committed by Indiana Klan leaders resulted in a major power decrease nationwide by the end of the 1920’s
-Brandon Newton
This is very good and informative, but for me its difficult to concentrate on and intake the information. But still very informal
----Jackie Byer
The information does not really stay on the topic of the KKK rising again. I, like Jackie, found it really hard to follow this information.
Kierstdea Furey
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