KKK - 2

Membership, Activities, Decline and Action

How many members did they have in 1920?

100,000

When did the have 100,000 members?

1920

How many members did they have by 1925

5 million

When did they have 5 million members?

1925

Where did the KKK attract members from?

All over America, especially the South.

What state governors were members?

Oregon and Oklahoma

Why did their membership increase? (City one)

Industrialisation brought more workers to cities who were mostly immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, or were black.

Where did their membership increase? (industrialisation one)

Memphis and Atlanta

Why did their membership increase? (not city one)

Southern whites resented arming black soldiers in WW1

What did klan members do?

Carry out lynchings of black people, beat up and mutilated anyone seen as their enemy

What did they do to some of their victims?

strip them, cover them in tar and feathers

What happened to Chris Lochan in 1921?

He was run out of town because he was accused of being a foreigner - his parents were Greek

What was Chris Lochan?

A restaurant owner

When and who was run out of town for being a “foreigner”?

Chris Lochan in 1921

What happened to George Armwood in October 1933?

He was dragged from jail, beat to death, strung up on a tree, then set on fire

What was George Armwood accused of?

Assaulting an 82 year old white woman

When was George Armwood killed?

October 1933

Who was dragged and set on fire and killed by the KKK in 1933?

George Armwood

What was George Armwood?

A mentally disabled black man

When did the Klan decline?

1925

What caused the klan’s decline?

Grand Wizard David Stephenson was convicted of rape and mutilation of a woman on Chicago train

Who raped and mutilated a woman on Chicago train?

Grand Wizard David Stephenson

What did the scandal to Stephenson do?

destroy his reputation

What did the Governor of Indiana do?

Refused to pardon Stephenson and produced evidence of illegal klan activities

What did some states believe? (Action)

The federal government had no right to interfere with the KKK

Who believed the federal government had no right to interfere with the KKK?

Some states

Why did many politicians in the south not speak out about the KKK

They would lose votes and may not be elected to congress

Who was scared they would lose votes and may not be elected to congress if they spoke out about the KKK?

Many Southern politicians

What did one congressman say in 1924 when campaigning for the re-election?

“I was told to join the Klan or else”

Who said “I was told to join the Klan or else” and when?

One congressman in 1924 when campaigning for the re-election