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The Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan. Lesson starter: Write down what you know about the KKK. Today we will…. Understand who the Ku Klux Klan were Understand why the KKK got away with so many racist attacks. Who were they?. Pro-White, Pro-Christian American Nationalists Secret organisation

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The Ku Klux Klan

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  1. The Ku Klux Klan Lesson starter: Write down what you know about the KKK.

  2. Today we will… • Understand who the Ku Klux Klan were • Understand why the KKK got away with so many racist attacks

  3. Who were they? • Pro-White, Pro-Christian American Nationalists • Secret organisation • Started in Southern States after the US Civil War • Wore white robes or sheets with masks and pointed hoods

  4. What did they believe? • Black Americans were inferior to White Americans • Black Americans were born to be slaves • Black Americans did not deserve any of the civil rights that Whites enjoyed • Also against Catholics, Jews and even divorced women • They said they protected the ‘American Way of Life’

  5. What did they do? • Burned crosses near homes of victims to intimidate and frighten • Kidnapped, whipped, mutilated or murdered victims • Marched through towns threatening victims and warning some to leave town • Held rallies • Involved in lynching

  6. Why did people support The Klan? • Unemployment was growing (especially during the 1930s) • More and more immigrants were coming into the USA • Black Americans moving North were causing competition for homes and jobs • Poor white people felt the Klan protected their jobs and homes

  7. How much influence did the Klan have? • In 1924, KKK membership was as much as 3million • In the 1920s, the Klan marched through Washington DC • Many local police, sheriffs and judges were Klan members • Many Klan members were rich • The Klan was almost never convicted of any attacks in the South • Their film The Birth of a Nation was shown in the White House

  8. The Birth of a Nation • Watch this film and try to decide what the plot of the film is • Is it pro or anti KKK? • What does the film try to show?

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