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Re-Rise of the Klan

Re-Rise of the Klan. 1915 and Beyond. Terms to Know. Ku Klux Klan Prohibition Suffrage Boycott Manslaughter Lynching White supremacy. Original Klan. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/grant/peopleevents/e_klan.html. Formed in the Reconstruction South

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Re-Rise of the Klan

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  1. Re-Rise of the Klan 1915 and Beyond

  2. Terms to Know • Ku Klux Klan • Prohibition • Suffrage • Boycott • Manslaughter • Lynching • White supremacy

  3. Original Klan http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/grant/peopleevents/e_klan.html • Formed in the Reconstruction South • Instrument of white racial terror against newly freed slaves • Died out in the 1870s “… Ku Klux Klan, was formed in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1865. Originally founded as a social club for former Confederate soldiers, the Klan evolved into a terrorist organization. It would be responsible for thousands of deaths, and would help to weaken the political power of Southern blacks and Republicans.” PBS.org

  4. The NEW Klan • Formed in Stone Mountain, GA • 1915 • Inspired by D.W. Griffith’s racist movie Birth of a Nation • Depicted the original KKK as a heroic organization http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rushmore/gallery/gal_rushmore_05.html 1915, the Daughters of the Confederacy had this sculpture of Robert E. Lee carved into Stone Mountain.

  5. Birth of a Nation • The film depicted the original KKK as a heroic organization • Until 1920, the Klan was limited to a few local chapters in Georgia and Alabama

  6. The Klan Transforms • Hiram W. Evans, a dentist from Dallas became imperial wizard in 1922 • He hired professional publicists and fund-raisers to recruit members • They advocated “100% Americanism” and “faithful maintenance of white supremacy” • Also … • Supported Prohibition • Attacked Darwinism • Attacked birth control

  7. Klan’s New Targets • Original targets were freed slaves in the 1800s • New Klan made a special target of the Catholic church • A hostile and dangerous alien power • Catholic and democracy cannot mix • Presented itself as the righteous defender of the traditional values of small-town Protestant America • By 1924, more than 3 million members • President Harding even joined

  8. Boycott businesses Threatened families Public whippings Arson lynching Sexually promiscuous Blasphemy Drunkenness Blacks Catholics Jews Klan Tactics Klan Targets

  9. Women • Half a million joined • Constituted nearly half of the Klan in some states • Klanswomen drew on family and community traditions to defend themselves and their families against what they saw as corruption and immorality

  10. Fall of the Klan • 1925, Grand Dragon David C. Stephenson picked up a young woman at a party, got her drunk on a train with bootleg liquor and assaulted her • The woman died and Stephenson was convicted of manslaughter • The most famous leader was disgraced and in jail • The new Klan began to lose members and influence • Economic prosperity of the late 1920s also led to its decline

  11. The Klan? Others? • The KKK may not be a very active organization today, but they do still exist. • What other “hate groups” exist today? • Bibliography • Faragher, John Mack , Mari Jo Buhle, Daniel Czitrom, and Susan H. Armitage. Out of Many: A History of the American People. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2002.

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