The k.k.k group started during the civil war. The klan quickly mobilized as a vigilante group to intimidate southern blacks - and any whites who would help them - and to prevent them from enjoying basic civil rights. Outlandish titles
(like imperial wizard and exalted cyclops),hooded costumes violent “night rides”
The nation. That the group comprised an “invisible empire” conferred a mystique that only added to the klan’s popularity tar - and - featherings, rapes and other violent attacks on. Those challenging white supremacy became a hallmark of a klan.
After a short but violent period, the “first era”Klan disbanded after jim crow laws secured the domination of southern whites. But the Klan enjoyed a huge revival in the 1920s. When it opposed (mainly catholic and jewish) immigration. By 1925, when its followers staged a huge washington, D.C. march the Klan had as many as 4 mill members. In some states , considerable political power but a series of sex scandals, internal battles over power. The newspaper exposes quickly reduced its influence .
Tha Klan arose a third time during the 1960s to oppose the civil rights movement and to preserve segregation. In the face of unfavorable court rulings. The Klan’s bombings , murders and the other attacks took a great many lives …show more content…
An estimated total of 785,000-1,000,000 were killed in action or died of disease. More than twice that number were wounded but survived at least long enough to muster out. Casualties of the Civil War cannot be calculated exactly, due to missing records (especially on the Southern side) and the inability to determine exactly how many combatants died from wounds, drug addiction, or other war-related causes after leaving the service. An untold number of civilians also perished, primarily from disease as entire towns became
(like imperial wizard and exalted cyclops),hooded costumes violent “night rides”
The nation. That the group comprised an “invisible empire” conferred a mystique that only added to the klan’s popularity tar - and - featherings, rapes and other violent attacks on. Those challenging white supremacy became a hallmark of a klan.
After a short but violent period, the “first era”Klan disbanded after jim crow laws secured the domination of southern whites. But the Klan enjoyed a huge revival in the 1920s. When it opposed (mainly catholic and jewish) immigration. By 1925, when its followers staged a huge washington, D.C. march the Klan had as many as 4 mill members. In some states , considerable political power but a series of sex scandals, internal battles over power. The newspaper exposes quickly reduced its influence .
Tha Klan arose a third time during the 1960s to oppose the civil rights movement and to preserve segregation. In the face of unfavorable court rulings. The Klan’s bombings , murders and the other attacks took a great many lives …show more content…
An estimated total of 785,000-1,000,000 were killed in action or died of disease. More than twice that number were wounded but survived at least long enough to muster out. Casualties of the Civil War cannot be calculated exactly, due to missing records (especially on the Southern side) and the inability to determine exactly how many combatants died from wounds, drug addiction, or other war-related causes after leaving the service. An untold number of civilians also perished, primarily from disease as entire towns became