Junior Ku Klux Klan

The third historical interpretation argues that the Klan was originally established as an organization as a result of a struggling plantation system. This particular perspective offers a differing view which allows for the reader to establish an understanding of the evolving interpretations of the Ku Klux Klan as an organization.

After the civil war most of the former confederate states were laid in ruins. It was in this moment that six confederate veterans got together at a local law office of Pulaski Tennessee on June 9th 1866 and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was born. The original purpose of the Klan had little to do with the menacing behavior for which it will be known as today. The KKK was founded as a social fraternity much like a college fraternity without the college, purely as a source of amusement. To further the mystery all public appearance would be done in disguise. Outlandish costumes consisting of sheets, hats, and masks were created. Obscured sounding titles such as grand cyclops and grand magi were created for office holders, new members would be given the

Topic: In 1866, the Ku Klux Klan was founded by many former confederate veterans in retaliation to their current Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for blacks. The Reconstruction era sparked by President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation clearly defined that the days of white superiority were in dissolution. Through a willful ignorance and an insecurity of what might postlude the civil rights movement, the KKK rose, using terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda. Nathan Bedford Forrest, a former Lieutenant general in the Civil war, became the KKK's first Grand Wizard. Now with a steady leader the klan became a persistent political party aimed at dismantling the increasingly

A year into the Klan, leaders wanted to create a hierarchical organization. As a result, in 1867, Klan’s from all over the South gathered in Tennessee and gave former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest full control of the Klan (The History Channel, 2005). Later interviewed by a Charleston newspaper, Forrest boasted that the member count exceeded 40,000 men in Tennessee alone and over 550,000 in all the Southern states (The Charleston, 1868). Never achieving organization, local chapters continued to go about their business, settling things in a way they deemed fit, this, in turn, would be one of the reasons for the decline of the Klan.

The Ku Klux Klan was a secret terrorist organization that was created by six well educated Confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee in the December of 1865. Their main objective was to restore white supremacy through acts of violence such as murder, against both Black and White Republicans. The KKK had eventually spread to every southern state, and Klansmen would often terrorize republicans regardless of their race. Members of the KKK believed that African Americans were inferior to Whites and did not believe that Blacks deserved equal rights. Although the rebel groups were outlawed and made illegal, many of them remained in existence and appeared after the reconstruction had ended. This proved the Reconstruction to be ineffective as many Southerners were still fighting against the government and opposed them. In addition, African Americans were still deprived of their rights by these

The Klu Klux Klan was formed in 1866 by a group of Confederate soldiers in Pulaski, Tennessee. It was a social club or fraternity for the veterans but later had different views and became a terrorist group (PBS). The name of the group came from the Greek word “kyklos” meaning circle and then they added Klan to make the name flow (History.com Staff). It did not start with the thought of malicious activity. They would have secret meetings and elaborate ceremonies to discuss how they could stop reconstruction after the civil war. The members would wear white sheets that covered their whole body and pointy white caps to make them appear taller. This was an all white group and ended up being one of the deadliest terrorist groups (EyeWitness to History). General Nathan Bedford Forrest was the Klu Klux Klan’s first “grand wizard,” also known as

One of the Ku Klux Klan’s mains purposes was to protect the way they live from African Americans, Jews, and Catholics. They had the biggest impact on African Americans. The discrimination and the violence of the group was well known through different communities. The Klan was also known for crucial beatings and murders against the black population. They tried to emphasize that the blacks were a subpar race.

Intricate initiation services were carried out for new members and the practice of wearing white robes and hoods set the members apart from other members and provided them a special individuality. Cross burning was also a common shared exercise among the members of the Klan. The service was primarily used to intimidate against the people who hated by the Klan. The actions of the early KKK were proposed simply as a source of entertainment. Nightly activities consisted of posing as ghosts of Confederate dead to torment and frighten black freedmen. The KKK members pulled pranks on the blacks, though without any sinister inspiration. Post-Civil War reconstruction of the South transformed this lively boldness. The objective of the KKK was to help the White Anglo-Saxon Christian people flourish and be larger to all other races. They believed in helping one another in order to keep their people strong as a united race. With 1 being moral or spiritual intents and 10 being sensible, the KKK scored a 1, because it believed that white Christians were morally and spiritually

The group known as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was first founded in 1866. The KKK was organized by white supremacist to go against the Republicans Reconstruction-era policies. The members of the group formed in the southern states. They met secretly and formed a campaign to intimidate and use violent acts of discrimination towards both white and black Republican leaders. The Ku Klux Klan had laws passed against them, to stop there acts of injustice, which was considered terrorism. The Ku Klux Klan was a group that formed three times, and had different phases. The reformatted in the early 20th century, and came back stronger than the were before. They held rallies, burned homes and people, burnt crosses, and held marches against immigrants and other religions. Another phase was after the Civil Rights movement in the 1960’s the activity was very violent

The largest threat to African Americans with after the Civil War and Reconstruction was the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK was founded in 1866, and extended into almost every southern state by 1870. The organization became a vehicle for white southern citizens to deny Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies whose

Casey Carmody 20 May 2015 Mr. Maestranzi U.S. History Research Paper Federal Government’s Intervention’s into the Ku Klux Klan’s Activities In the late 1800’s, during the period of Reconstruction, there was fear and hate of African Americans by white southerners. This fear and hate rooted from the fact that African American’s now had the same rights and freedoms as white people. This caused an uproar. Because of this, people were coming together and sharing their feelings and ideas about the newly freed African Americans. This is how the KKK, also known as the Ku Klux Klan, came about. The Ku Klux Klan was began in 1866 by white men in Pulaski, Tennessee. The men that came together to create the Ku Klux Klan were mostly ex-confederate soldiers who were unhappy with the outcome of the Civil War. These men that used intimidation methods and violence. These men covered themselves as well as their horses in white sheets and rode through towns, causing scenes and using horrifying intimidation acts, especially against African Americans.

Twenty-sixth U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, the man the teddy bear was named after, was one of the most influential presidents in American history. Roosevelt was forty-two when he took office, succeeding the death of President William McKinley who was shot and killed. Roosevelt was a very young president at the

In contrast, the KKK, started in 1865 as a secret vigilante group made up of ex-Confederate soldiers who specifically targeted freedmen. The KKK was formed with the intent to intimidate, suppress, and victimize newly freed slaves used In addition to, intimidation and violence to stop white and black Republican political leaders, in favor of civil rights; from running for offices while electing Democrat state legislatures to try to reestablish white supremacy. Over the last 150 years, the KKK has been responsible for shootings, hangings, torture and bombings directed at Black people.

Eight Southern states were recently under investigation and accused of rigging the voting system so that African Americans and other races could not vote. According to the media today, the South is more racist than the North. During the reconstruction, even though the freed slaves were “freed”, they still

     The Ku Klux Klan has been around since the end of the civil war. It is a roller coaster of a history. From extreme power, to rapid decline, and slow reemergence. The clan, who is notorious for its violence, has a relatively innocent beginning. It was formed from some veterans from the confederate army and was first called the Kuklos Clan which, in Greek, meant Circle Clan. One person thought it would be a good idea to call it the "Ku Klux Klan" as a parody of the fraternity names which always had three Greek alphabet letters in it. They created the Clan to be mischievous and to do it without anyone knowing who they were which accounts for their costumes