Origins Founded in 1866 by Confederate soldiers to resist Reconstruction Focused on intimidating carpetbaggers and scalawags What are these terms Often used violence although many members against use of violence ID: 747101
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US History: Spiconardi
Hate & Intolerance in the 1920s: The re-emergence of the Ku Klux KlanSlide2
Origins
Founded in 1866 by Confederate soldiers to resist Reconstruction
Focused on intimidating “carpetbaggers” and
“scalawags”What are these terms?Often used violence, although many members against use of violencePresident Grant’s Civil Rights Act of 1871 had ended KlanAllowed for civil redress against the KKK (you could sue the KKK and gain financial compensation)Slide3
Re-emergence of the Klan
Why?
The Birth of a Nation
Film glorifies the original KlanCreates a mythology about the KKKPlotGus a former slave and murder proposes to a white girl, Flora.She flees into the forest where Gus chases her
Instead of allowing him to rape her, she leaps to her death
Gus is then lynched by the KKKSlide4
The Birth of a Nation
Quote from Pres. Wilson’s book
A History of the American People
, which was used in the filmSlide5
Re-emergence of the Klan
Why?
Leo Franks
A Jewish man in Atlanta was convicted of raping and murdering a womanFranks was sentenced to deathNew evidence emerges casting doubt on Franks’ guiltGovernor of Georgia commutes the death sentenceKKK kidnaps Franks from jail and lynch himSlide6
Re-emergence of the Klan
Why?
Reaction to immigration
As massive amounts of eastern Europeans came to America in the 1910s and 1920s, a new wave of xenophobia hit AmericaGreat MigrationAs more and more blacks move to urban centers in the North during WWI, whites became intolerant of blacksSlide7
Klan Views
“Native, white, Protestant supremacy”
The
rights and interests of white Americans must be protectedAnti-Semitic Homophobic Xenophobic Slide8
Klan ViewsSlide9
Klan ViewsSlide10
What’s up with that?
The Burning Cross
Taken from a Scottish war tradition, in which soldiers set St. Andrew’s cross on fire to gather their forcesKu Klux Klan: What does it mean?Greek for circle, kyklos, and clan combinedSlide11
The KKK was reformed in Stone Mountain, GA (1915) at a mountain carving depicting figures of the Confederate Army
Re-FormationSlide12
Re-Formation
By 1924, the Klan reached its peak in membership
Roughly 6 million members
Why would anyone join a hate group?Slide13
Hate Groups TodaySlide14
Hate Groups Today