Ku Klux Klan

The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan The Confederate States’ surrender may have ended the War Between the States; however, it did not change the Southerners’ beliefs. In fact, it lead to the creation of something more unpredictable than a civil war: the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan was originally founded in the summer of 1866 by veteran Confederate Army soldiers, and its rituals and ceremonies were largely based off those used in college fraternities. According to a Christopher Klein, the Klan’s original

Have you ever wondered about the KU KLUX KLAN? Do you live in the US? Were your parents born in the US? Are you Christen? If you answered yes to all of these you can be in the KU KLUX KLAN. The KU KLUX KLAN is able to commit violent acts in the south because there are people that agree with what they do to the blacks as well as people being afraid of them. In Document “F” the death of William Luke a white man the Klan lynched William because he wants to educate the blacks and he disagreed with

Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan, known as the KKK, has been one of the most feared groups in America since the end of the civil war during post-war reconstruction.. The civil war was not just about the rights of the black man, but it was a very important part. People in the north mostly believed the black person was due the same liberties insured by the U.S. Constitution. The 14th Amendment of the constitution gave equal protection to former slaves. However people in the south saw the black man

The Ku Klux Klan strongly came about after the Civil War. The group was officially established on December 4,1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee where a a group of Confederate veterans created a secret society. In 1869 the KKK'S first grand wizard, Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, unsuccessfully attempted to disband it after he became aware of the Klan's over the top viciousness. The group practiced violence whose aim was to instill fear and intimidation by terrorizing African Americans and white

The Ku Klux Klan is a local conceived American bigot terrorist association that exterminated Republican Reconstruction governments in the South after the Civil War. The organization’s goal was also exclude Black people from legislative issues. Participation became gradually amid World War I, yet after 1920, filled by after war despair and smart dignifying approaches, the Klan expanded rapidly. It resuscitated in the 1920s as a social dormitory and quickly transformed the political force of the nation

organization gained a national resurgence (Getchell). This version of the Klan was known as “The Second Ku Klux Klan.” The resurgent Klan of the 1920s was a short-lived but potent phenomenon. The second KKK was a mass movement that invoked the memory of and built upon the first KKK, which was a terrorist organization founded by white supremacists in the U.S. South (“The Ku Klux Klan In Washington State, 1920s”) The majority of klan members confined their opposition tactics to parading and burning crosses

The Birth of The Ku Klux Klan How the KKK was started / how they got there name .................page 3 How they got there disguises........................................................page 4 Jokes that they would play on the blacks......................................page 5 How they would initiate members.................................................page 6 Names that members had and that were given..............................page 7 Expanding The Ku Klux Klan.................

The Ku Klux Klan was known as the biggest hate group in American History, and they are responsible for thousands of innocent blacks’ deaths. The Ku Klux Klan made it very hard for the blacks, Catholics, Jews, immigrants, and homosexuals to live a normal life. The Klan made them live in fear. The Ku Klux Klan was a racial hate group in the south that made sure blacks did not get any civil rights. Members in the Ku Klux Klan believed whites were superior to other races. The KKK hated the blacks because

values/norms and they tend to disrupt the peace of our society. Consequently, their beliefs, rites, and rituals result in crime-filled and tragic endings. Therefore, the beliefs, rites, and rituals of the KKK are very controversial issues. The Ku Klux Klan, or more commonly known as the KKK, is an American Hate Group that promotes the supremacy of the Christian Caucasian (white) ethnicity. They are recognized for using extreme torture and violence to tyrannize other minority races, especially African

During Reconstruction there were many failures recorded in this time period, such as the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK established in 1866 after blacks were given free equality in the United States. The members of the KKK would stretch all throughout the southern states and threaten Jews, Catholics, blacks, and republicans. The klan has caused over a thousand deaths. When going around and hitting every town the klan would meet up and hold underground meetings. They unfortunately could not weaken the political