KKK Postwar

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) were best known most for their acts of terrorism including murder, lynching, arson, rape, and bombing—to oppose the granting of civil rights to African Americans. The were seen as a brutal and violent organization that leaned toward fixing the economic and political equality amongst blacks. But during the later years, the began to not be heard from and became silent. But when the 1920s came they have spawned once again, so marked the rebirth of the Klan.

The KKK with their still used hoods and sheets were now against antiforeign "nativist" movement more than the antiblack night riders, people who went through the night to find blacks and end up killing and murdering hundreds of blacks throughout the nation. By foreign the men those who were antiCathlic, antiblack, anti-Jewish, anti-pacifist, anti-Communist, anti-internationalist, antievolutionists, anti bootlegger, antigambling, antiadultery , and anti-birth control. This new version of the Klan was more pro-"native" American and pro-Protestant, attacking those who were the elite, urbanites and intellectuals. But this time this Klan was more well known and spreading through the nation rapidly reaching heights up to 5 million due paying members. This time with the reconstituted Klan it connected to "Americans love of on the edge adventure and in-group camaraderie" to reach out to new people and influence their Decisions on how they think about others and how they were benefiting the country. They advocated white supremacy (white being superior) having parades and riots showing and holding displays of "Konclaves"(private meetings) and huge flag waving parades. This appeals to many people who were uneasy with the new decision of how society was changing reaching many "from a rural agricultural society to an urban industrial nation." Now with their new power and influence they reached out to new nations and became smarter in their decisions to advocate what they believe in and show people that they are doing something that was best for the nation. "The Klan devised a strategy called the "decade," in which every member of the Klan was responsible for recruiting ten people to vote for Klan candidates in elections. In 1924 the Klan succeeded in engineering the elections of officials from coast to coast, including the mayors of Portland, Maine, and Portland, Oregon. In some states, such as Colorado and Indiana, they placed enough Klansmen in positions of power to effectively control the state government. Known as the "Invisible Empire," the KKK's presence was felt across the country." The Klan reached new positions and become well known reaching to further distances and getting new members. Racial and prejudice standards began to rise and people began to go against these different diverse people from all over. It wasn't until when the Klan pushed their limits in wanting to recruit people from newer and further towns that began chain reactions in neglect and disagreeing with their brutal slogan of "Kill the Kikes, Koons, and Katholics" and with the Klan values.

This reign of bloody horror was soon ended immediately in the late 1920s and with support a resolution to condemn the Klan. "The KKK proved to be an alarming manifestation of the tolerance and prejudice plaguing people anxious about the dizzying pace of social change in the 1920s." This was why America ended the power of the  KKK because like everyone knew they concealed dark purposes / secrets.



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KKK in the 1920s