The Klu Klux Klan (T1)

Question 1

Where was racism most popular?

Answer 1

in small towns and rural areas.

Question 2

What was the Klu Klux Klan and what did it promote?

Answer 2

It was an organisation that promoted racism and white supremacy.

Question 3

Where did the KKK gain most of its popularity?

Answer 3

Mid-West as well as South.

Question 4

By 1921 how many supporters did the KKK gain?

Answer 4

100,000

Question 5

What groups of people did the KKK oppose?

Answer 5

Black Americans, Jews, Catholics and foreigners.

Question 6

What was an idea that the KKK also found threatening?

Answer 6

Evolution.

Question 7

What did the KKK also not approve of that was significantly popular at the time?

Answer 7

Non-Anglo-Saxon culture, such as jazz music which was Black-American based.

Question 8

What would the KKK followers and supporters wear/be like?

Answer 8

They had a secret language, hoods, robes.

Question 9

What were the KKK known for doing?

Answer 9

Bullying, victims would be tarred, feathered, branded and even killed.

Question 10

The Klan constantly collapsed as a mass organisation. due to increasing evidence of corruption and exploitation, what are some examples of how this happened?

Answer 10

• Its leaders were professional fundraisers who controlled all the merchandising members and forced them to buy: Robes cost £3.28 however to anufactur and sell for £6.50.
• The leader of the Klan who lived in Indonesia, David Stevenson, a powerful man, a woman who he raped committed suicide which led to his quick downfall being convicted os second-degree murder - his wickedness helped to cut down a mass of the members.
• The organisation was hit by financial difficulties happening from Pennsylvania which led to 200,000 members leaving.