KKK Flashcards
What kind of law proves that there was existing racial hatred in the US?
Anti-Miscegenation Laws were present in 42 states, (one example is The Act to preserve racial integrity in Virginia)
A large % of the KKK’s members came from only 3 states. What was the % and which states are they?
40% of the KKK’s members came from Indiana, Ohio and Illinois.
What was the DC Stephenson Scandal?
- DC Stephenson (a KKK leader) was jailed for 2nd degree rape and murder of a young woman.
- Stephenson expected support from fellow KKK, but they shunned him.
- In revenge he released information exposing KKK members working in government jobs as well as evidence for their crimes (such as lynchings) to get them arrested.
How did the Klan’s membership change over the 1920’s?
1921 - 100,000
1924 - 4,000,000
1929 - 200,000
How did the KKK make money?
$10 annual membership fee, (equivalent to $123 today)
“Kleage” salesmen
Subscription was tax free as the KKK was classed as a “benevolent society”
Sold White supremacist literature and Klan attire.
Existing Racial Hatred Case Study - Georgia
Brooks County
-In 1918 Mary Turner (8 months pregnant) was a black woman who was brutally beat to death while protesting the lynching of her husband.
Existing Racial Hatred Case Study - Florida
Rosewood
- White Supremacist rampage left 8 blacks dead.
- Entire black community was driven out by a white mob who burned their homes, businesses and a church.
- The black residents never returned.
Existing Racial Hatred Case Study - Oklahoma
Tulsa
- Greenwood was known as the “black wall street”
- 31st May 1921 a white mob rampage left only smoking ruins and 300 dead.
- Thousands more fled in terror.
- Started due to accusation of a black man raping a white girl.
Political Impact - In which states were congress members elected by KKK support, and which states elected Governors with KKK support?
Congress
- Georgia
Governors
- Maine
- Louisiana
- Colorado
- Oregon
- California
- Ohio
Influence of the KKK in Alabama
Birmingham
- Controlled judges sherrifs and prosecutors.
- 15-18,000 voters out of 32,000 voters were KKK.
Influence of KKK in Indiana
350,000 men (over 30% of the white male population) were KKK.
1925, 1/2 the general assembly of Indiana were KKK
Ed Jackson elected 32nd governor of Indiana with KKK support from 1925-1929
Which city was the centre of of Klan influence?
Tulsa - Oklahoma
Social Impact of KKK- Blacks?
Was a factor behind the great migration, where millions of blacks moved north to work in the big cities.
Political Influence - Whose political careers did the Klan manage to halt?
Jack Walton - Mayor of Tulsa Oklahoma
- Was very anti KKK and placed city under martial law and hired black police and the national guard after the riots in Tulsa.
- KKK encouraged legislature which prevented him from winning election to the Senate, eventually this led to Waltons impeachment.
Al Smith - Catholic senator in New York.
What % of Klan members were from the the southwest united states?
25% (e.g Louisiana and Arizona)
