Hiram W. Evans Fight For Americanism Summary

I n the Klan’s Fight for Americanism, author Hiram W. Evans seems to use this speech to not only change the cause of the Klu Klux Klan, but also to give their view against modern cultures such as immigration. In 1926, the Klan had over 3 million members but was trying to speak for their members and appeal to the mass population. They believed that the mass population to whom they spoke for were the back bone of the American idea. Hiram vocalized the threat of new religious ideas, political policies, and the walking away from their traditional moral standards. The fight for Americanism was created to appeal to people to go back to the old way of things, to tell the people to not feel uncomfortable about their traditional teachings about their belief in being the superior race. When Hiram says that the Klu Klux Klan is enlisting and preparing them for militant purposes, this …show more content…
The Klan’s main concern was the dilution to their way of life, through modern cultural changes in religion and ethnicity tolerance. The Klu Klux Klan was definitely in agreement with anyone who shared their views on protestant religion and white supremacy. I am not sure they would have agreed with only letting in the smart immigrants, because the intelligent immigrants would not allow the way of the Klu Klux Klan to prevail either. That is why they Klu Klux Klan never wanted blacks to be educated because if you have a better knowledge of self and of the law you would not put up with oppression. The Klu Klux Klan acted more like Hitler was going to do in Germany in the years to come. Both had a “my way or the highway” approach. This way of treating your cultural as being superior to any other cultural is oppressive, and oppression cannot last long against people because one day they will get tired of being oppressed and fight for equality in their rights and ability to worship as they