KKK - 1

Origins, Beliefs and Organisation

When was the KKK originally set up?

1860s

What was originally set up in the 1860s?

the KKK

Who was the KKK originally set up by?

Soldiers who fought in the American Civil War

What did soldiers who fought in the American Civil War set up?

the KKK

What was the original aim of the KKK?

To terrorise black people newly freed from slavery

When did the KKK first die out?

1870s

Why did the KKK originally die out?

A federal Grand Jury determined that it was a terrorist organisation

What revived the KKK?

The release of a film The birth of a nation

When was the birth of a nation released?

1915

What was The birth of a nation (setting, what it showed, when it was set)?

It was set in the South after the Civil war and showed the KKK saving white families from gangs of black people who wanted to rape and loot

What did The birth of a nation reinforce?

White supremecy

What reinforced white supremacy?

The birth of a nation

What caused membership to increase?

increase of immigrants and migrants

What did immigrants and migrants cause?

increase in membership

What were klan members?

WASPs

What did klan members see themselves as?

Superior to other races

Who saw themselves as Superior to other races?

Klan members

What were klan members against?

communists, black people , jews, Catholics and foreigners

What did klansmen wear?

White robes and hoods

What was their outfit designed to do?

Conceal their identity as they attacked their victims at night

What did their white clothes symbolise?

White supremacy

What did members carry?

American flags and lit burning crossing at their night time meetings

Who was their leader? what was he?

A dentist, Hiram Wesley Evans

What was their leader addressed as?

Imperial wizard

What were officers known as?

Klaliffs, Kluds or Klabees