Won governorship with the KKK support
The KKK didn’t like: non-white immigrants, Jews, Coon (black people).
Anarchists- believe in freedom- no laws- social structured should be removed.
They thought white Americans needed their rights.
They thought everyone else were taking away opportunities from the white.
Membership
It was a part of society
It was seen as normal
Children are grown up seeing it as acceptable
Beliefs were being passed down to the younger generations
Indoctrination
Hoods hid their identity
KKK= seen as patriotic and American
Often publicised themselves
Hoods off: not scared of being arrested
Timeline
1860s-1870s: post Civil War- as a southern reaction to the abolition of slavery
1915: KKK was revived by William J. Simmons
1920: KKK claimed around 5 million members
Focused on the USA as a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) country.
1950s-1960s: A reaction to the civil rights movement
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) or the "the Klan" is the extremist right wing secret society in the US that opposes black emancipation, asserts white supremacy, and democratic rule through terrorism and violence.
The Ku Klux Klan has experienced many rises and falls, many victories and defeats throughout their history. The KKK was founded in the year 1865 in Tennessee by 6 former confederate officers in their collegiate years. The Klan didn’t actually form in the strictest sense until about April of 1867 when they began recruiting and accepting new members. Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first leader of the Klan. The group kept building and regenerating until about 1915 when the new generation of the Klan formed. Most agree that the increase in immigrants was the root of the cause. Another would be the post-war era that was settling in America and that Americans were beginning to pick up after World War I. The average KKK member was a working class Anglo Saxon American. During the 1920s the members of the KKK believed they had to compete for jobs in the United States with immigrants.
Immigrants weren’t always the sole focus of the Klan. Other people specifically targeted were: African Americans, Jews, Catholics, anti-prohibitionists, drug dealers, and other less known groups. As you can see the KKK did not limit themselves to just one group to discriminate against..
