Imagine walking through an alley and there appears to be men and women dressed in white, nothing but white from head to toe; this is the Ku Klux Klan with white robes and white masks (Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia). This is how they dressed and very little people know why other than to hide their identity. They dressed together to show "brother hood;" they always stuck together. Many people are familiar with the Ku Klux Klan, but do not actually know the background of it. With the Klan forming different groups as more members joined, not all groups acted out in violence. The very popular gang, The Ku Klux Klan, had a very successful creation and journey; they faced their challenges when needed. (1 SV;SV.)
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The Klan had gotten so big that in 1869 it led to members fighting against each other ("Ku Klux Klan—Extremism in America"). When this occurred it decreased the numbers in the Klan drastically; therefor, this was a reason why the first Klan did not succeed. (1A SV; therefore, SV.) In the first Klan they specialized their focus on former slaves, but also killed Northern judges, teachers, an politicians. They did this because they believed that the Northern judges, teachers, and politicians were the major influence in letting African Americans become free in the Southern states. However, with the second Klan they had focused on more than just that, now they were going after anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, anti-birth control, anti-Darwinist, and anti-Prohibition (Salem Press Encyclopedia). This led to the Ku Klux Klan to get too violent as they also went after night clubs, road houses, unfair business dealings, along with sex scandals. In 1941, when the United States entered in World War II, the KKK defended the country from "alien enemies, slackers, idlers, strike leaders, and immoral women," along with African Americans, Catholics, and Jews ("Ku Klux Klan—Extremism in America"). This was a big problem during World War II because not only did President Franklin Roosevelt have to deal with the war, but also with trying to tame the Klan that was getting out of control. During the late 1990s and 2000s the Klan aimed towards the immigrants, mostly Hispanics, who were increasingly coming into America ("Ku Klux Klan—Extremism in America"). The first and second KKK mostly aimed their focus on immigrants, whether they were African Americans or
The formation of the Klan …show more content…
The Klan had gotten so big that in 1869 it led to members fighting against each other ("Ku Klux Klan—Extremism in America"). When this occurred it decreased the numbers in the Klan drastically; therefor, this was a reason why the first Klan did not succeed. (1A SV; therefore, SV.) In the first Klan they specialized their focus on former slaves, but also killed Northern judges, teachers, an politicians. They did this because they believed that the Northern judges, teachers, and politicians were the major influence in letting African Americans become free in the Southern states. However, with the second Klan they had focused on more than just that, now they were going after anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, anti-birth control, anti-Darwinist, and anti-Prohibition (Salem Press Encyclopedia). This led to the Ku Klux Klan to get too violent as they also went after night clubs, road houses, unfair business dealings, along with sex scandals. In 1941, when the United States entered in World War II, the KKK defended the country from "alien enemies, slackers, idlers, strike leaders, and immoral women," along with African Americans, Catholics, and Jews ("Ku Klux Klan—Extremism in America"). This was a big problem during World War II because not only did President Franklin Roosevelt have to deal with the war, but also with trying to tame the Klan that was getting out of control. During the late 1990s and 2000s the Klan aimed towards the immigrants, mostly Hispanics, who were increasingly coming into America ("Ku Klux Klan—Extremism in America"). The first and second KKK mostly aimed their focus on immigrants, whether they were African Americans or