KKK Flashcards
Americans believed the foreigners were ruining their country.
What did Americans believe the Negros were doing?
They chained black people to a stump, and a fire was lit and hundreds of women and men of all ages joined hands and danced around while the Black people burnt alive.
What did Americans do to black people?
The klan had very little influence in the big cities. However, the Klan had control of influential politicians.
What did the Klan do to gain power?
By 1925 the KKK had five million members. They were anti communist, anti-negro, anti-Jew and anti-catholic and against all foreigners.
How many members did the KKK have?
Each branch of the KKK became a Klavern and several Klaverns were known as Konklave. Klaverns were ruled by a kleagle. Konklaves were run by a grand dragon.
How was the KKK broken up into different groups?
D.C Stephenson was an American Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in the US state, Indiana and 22 other states. He is considered to have been one of the most successful Klan leaders up until the downfall of his conviction for murder which led to the end of the second wave of the Klan activity.
Who was D.C Stephenson?
Protestant
What religion were the KKK?
