na⋅tiv⋅ism [ney-ti-viz-uh m] 1. the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.*
THE KU KLUX KLAN- background knowledge Established in Pulaski, TN in May of 1886 Eventually died out due to majority of the white population Resurfaced in 1915, NAACP was then formed in retaliation
KU KLUX KLAN Antiforeign, anti-Catholic, antiblack, anti-Jewish, anti-internationalist, anti-revolutionist… Pro-Anglo-Saxon, pro-”native” American, and pro-Protestant Against any diversity and modernity
Nov. 1922- Hiram Evans becomes Imperial Wizard, under his leadership political KKK leaders spread to Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Oregon, and Maine Nov. 1922- Hiram Evans becomes Imperial Wizard, under his leadership political KKK leaders spread to Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Oregon, and Maine spread with rapidity in the Midwest in “Bible Belt” states, by the mid 1920’s it contained 5,000,000 members
In the late 1920s, Americans realized the intensity and intolerance this group possessed In the late 1920s, Americans realized the intensity and intolerance this group possessed An investigation by Congress was issued to inspect the KKK for embezzlement and other crimes KKK leader, David Stephenson was arrested for 2nd degree murder which caused the number of members to drop to 30,000, from there the group began to fizzle out didn’t start up again until after the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s
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