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Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) or the "the Klan" is the extremist right wing secret society in the US that opposes black emancipation, asserts white supremacy, and democratic rule through terrorism and violence.
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Why did some local governments not stop the Ku Klux Klan?
because the government and presidents were and are Klan members, and if not, very sympathetic to their beliefs. America was founded under klan ways and belief. the government segrated the race to prevent what today is like. truth hurts.. and is decieved by today media church school and government...
no one they kill black people my white friends think that the KKK is mean and wrong they hate god and Jesus god is the one that made them and they worship satin Jesus or god made them satin didn't
Well most of the people really don't belive in God or
What is the one similarity between the know nothings and the ku klux klan?
Fostered resentment against minority groups in American Society
The Comprimise of 1877 called for the removal of federal troops in South Carolina, Florida and Louisana. This caused the collapse of the Republican control of those states' governments. Democrats took control state governments in the Southern states and hushered in Jim Crow laws.
What groups like the ku klux klan and the white league afraid of?
In my view I don't see them being afraid of anything right now. Their memberships are up and the way our government is giving away the country there are a lot of very ticked off Americans out there that are willing to listen to them.
What is one main thing that the ku klux klan do?
The KKK hate any one who is not like them. They are white and ignorant, so they hate any one who is not white or who is open-minded. They hate people because they are paranoid and afraid of everything. This happens because their parents and community taught them to be this way growing up.
In previous decades, the KKK were more active than they are today. If they saw, for example, a black man look at a white woman, they would tie that black man to a truck and and drag him to his death. They would burn crosses on the properties of black people. They also had lynchings.
Anyone who associates with the KKK is involved in an organization that promotes criminal activity and senseless violence.
yes you can...google how did you join the kkk? and then it's a couple down and you can go to a website and join the kkk. (: happy searching
Where did the Ku Klux Klan orginate?
The first branch of the Ku Klux Klan was established in Pulaski, Tennessee, in May, 1866. A year later a general organization of local Klan's was established in Nashville in April, 1867. Most of the leaders were former members of the Confederate Army and the first Grand Wizard was Nathan Forrest, an outstanding general during the American Civil War. During the next two years they terrorised and killed black Americans, sympathetic whites and immigrants, who they blamed for the election of Radical Republicans. Between 1868 and 1870 the Ku Klux Klan played an important role in restoring white rule in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. At first the main objective of white supremacy organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan was to stop black people from voting. After white governments had been established in the South the Ku Klux Klan continued to undermine the power of blacks. Successful black business's were attacked and any attempt to form black protection groups such as trade unions was quickly dealt with. Eventually the Klan targeted anyone they disliked - Jews, Catholics etc.
What members abused African Americans?
Throughout history, various groups and individuals have perpetrated abuse against African Americans, most notably during the era of slavery and the Jim Crow period. Enslavers and their supporters exploited and oppressed African Americans through brutal labor, violence, and systemic racism. Additionally, organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups have engaged in acts of terror and violence against African Americans to maintain white supremacy. This abuse is rooted in deeply entrenched societal and institutional racism that persists in various forms today.
Is it called the klu klux klan or ku klux clan?
It is the Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right[5][6][7][8] organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically expressed through terrorism.[9] Since the mid-20th century, the KKK has also been anti-communist.[9] The current manifestation is splintered into several chapters with no connections between each other; it is classified as a hate group.[10] It is estimated to have between 3,000 and 5,000 members as of 2012.[11]
The first Klan flourished in Southern United States in the late 1860s, then died out by the early 1870s. Members adopted white costumes: robes, masks, and conical hats, designed to be outlandish and terrifying, and to hide their identities.[12]The second KKK flourished nationwide in the early and mid 1920s, and adopted the same costumes and code words as the first Klan, while introducing cross burnings.[13] The third KKK emerged after World War II and was associated with opposing the Civil Rights Movement and progress among minorities. The second and third incarnations of the Ku Klux Klan made frequent reference to the USA's "Anglo-Saxon" and "Celtic" blood, harking back to 19th-century nativism and claiming descent from the original 18th-century British colonial revolutionaries.[14] The first and third incarnations of the Klan have well-established records of engaging in terrorism and political violence, though historians debate whether or not the tactic was supported by the second KKK.
What important changes took place in Russia in the late 1600's early 1700's?
Westernization by Peter the Great (Peter 1) and Catherine the Great.
She fought the Ottoman empire for a warm water port.
Russia used overland trade routes
Why should the KKK be illegal?
Answer: Racism isn't illegal where I am from. I don't believe it should be illegal either. I see no problem with thinking a race is better than another because in the end there are races that are better. Any two things you have that are different are either better or worse than the other.
Answer: Racism in itself shouldn't be illegal simply because everyone should be entitled to think how they feel; however, any two things one might have that are different does not mean one is better or worse than the other.
How many blacks did the ku klux klan kill?
A rough approximation is that on the order of 2000 people total (both black and white) were killed during the Klan's coercive and murderous activities. The research cited clearly indicates that the majority of these died at the hands of the Klan in its earliest years, from 1865 to 1875. According to the Tuskegee Institute, about 1500 of the 2000 total killed died in that time period. (Understandably, as the Klan could operate much more freely in the disorganization that prevailed in the South immediately after the Civil War, as compared to later decades.)
The later renditions of the Klan (20th century) killed a much smaller number of people : a few hundred in the 1920's, a few dozen in the 1950's, and some single instances of murder into the 1970's and 1980's. As the number of murders imputed to the Klan dropped drastically, the likelihood that the perpetrators would be caught was also increased. With modern law enforcement, and the increased number of black police and public officials, the Klan could not operate with impunity.
* The total number of 3446 lynchings of blacks and 1247 of whites includes many groups in addition to the Klan. There is no doubt that the Klan was involved in the eviction or coerced relocation of many hundreds of thousands of freed blacks, and that the number injured by their violent acts was in the tens of thousands.
Who were the Klu Klux Klan and why did minorities fear them?
They killed, burned down houses and buildings, and sometimes even tortured, and law enforcement would often "look the other way" or let them go on account of inconclusive evidence. forensics was not as sophisticated as it is today.
Yes, or so they claim. They claim to follow the teachings of Old Testament to justify prosecution of Catholics, Jews and other religious and racial minorities. They can be considered Christian Protestant religious terrorists.
Why did the KKK abuse black people?
All of your answers are incorrect are based on flawed recorded history. History is always written by the victor. The KKK was started by ex confederate soldiers after they returned from the Civil War. Because the South had lost the war, many "carpetbaggers and scalawags" from the North were coming down to "claim the spoils of war". The South had been decimated and many of these men were looting and destroying homes and raping the women. Forrest formed the KKK as a means of bringing to justice those that were "claiming the spoils" as it was referred to. The Southern men had no other means of handling the situation because the North had brought men to maintain order but who would not side with justice but against anything South due to the, still high, level of anger and hatred for each other. So the Southern men felt they had no recourse for the actions in laws and courts at that time as it was being ignored to the detriment of the women and homesteads. It was never against blacks. Blacks or even ex-slaves were not even mentioned in the first editions of the handbooks, of which I have seen and read. The Black people, despite the Northern history, were family to the white people of the South. A great many were free men and some actually owned their own slaves. The majority actually fought in the Civil War for the South of their own free will.
- It is just not America with the KKK, but Canada also has members which most of us are strongly opposed too, but many Canadians are not aware of. It's more silent here than in parts of the States. None of us can say we are 100% American or Canadian. Our forefathers could have come from other countries and had the very religious beliefs the KKK abhorred. The KKK didn't just go after Black-Americans, but Jews and anyone else that dared to go against them. The KKK is broken down into 3 parts: FIRST PART: The KKK was organized by ex-Confederate elements to oppose the Reconstruction policies of the radical Republican Congress to maintain "white supremacy. After the Civil War, when local gov't in the South was weak or nonexistent there were fears of black outrages and insurrection, informal vigilante organizations or armed patrols were formed in almost all communities. They were linked together in societies such as "Men of Justice, "The Pale Faces," "The Constitutional Union Guards, The White Brotherhood and the "Order of the White Rose." The KKK was the best known of these and eventually absorbed the other organizations. It was organized at Pulaski, Tenn., in May, 1866. Their strange disguises, silent parades, midnight rides and mysterious language and commands were be most effective in playing upon fears and superstitions. The riders muffled their horses' feet and covered the horses with white robes and they, themselves, dressed in flowing white sheets, their faces covered with white masks and with skulls on their saddle horns, posed as spirits of the Confederate dead returned from the battlefields. Although the Klan often were able to achieve their aims by terror alone, whippings and lynchings were also used, not only against blacks, but also against the so-called carpetbaggers and scalawags. A general organization of the KKK was effected in Apr. 1867 at Nashville, Tenn. Gen. N.B. Forrest the famous Confederate cavalry leader was made Grand Wizard of the Empire and was assisted by ten GEnii. Each state constituted a Realm under a Grand Dragon with 8 Hydras as a staff; several counties formed a Dominion controlled by a Grand Titan and 6 Furies; a county was a Province ruled by a Grand Giant and 4 Night Hawks; the local Den was governed by Grand Cyclops with 2 Night Hawks as aides. The individual members were called Ghouls. The Klan was effective in systematically keeping black men away from the polls, so that the ex Confederate gained political control in many states. Congress in 1870 and 1871 passed legislation to combat the Klan. The order, founded in 1867 in Louisiana, is reputed to have had even more members than the KKK, but its membership was more conservative and it's actions less spectacular. THE SECOND KKK: Founded in 1915 by William J. Simmons, an ex-minister and promoter of fraternal orders; it's first meeting was held on Stone Mt., Ga. The new Klan had a wider program than its forerunner, for it added to "white supremacy" an intense negativism and anti-Catholicism (it was also anti-Semitic) closely related to that of the Know-Nothing movement of the middle 19th cent. Its appeal was not sectional and, aided after 1920 by the activities of professional promoters Elizabeth Tyler and Edward Y. Clarke, it spread rapidly thought the North as well as the South. It furnished an outlet for the militant patriots aroused by WW1, and it stressed fundamentalism in religion. Professing itself nonpolitical, the Klan nevertheless controlled politics in many communities and in 1922, 1924 and 1926 elected many state officials and a number of Congressmen. Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Oregon, and Maine were particularly under its influence. Its power in the Midwest was broken during the late 20s when David C. Stephenson, a major Klan leader was convicted of 2nd degree murder, and evidence of corruption came out that led to the indictment of the governor of Indiana and the mayor of Indianapolis, both supporters of the Klan. The Klan frequently took extralegal measures, especially against those whom it considered its enemies. As was the case with the earlier Klan, some of these measures, whether authorized by the central organization or not, were extreme. At its peak in the mid-20s its membership was estimated at 4 million to 5 million. Although the actual figures were probably much smaller, the Klan nevertheless declined with amazing rapidity to an estimate 30,000 by 1930. The Klan spirit, however, was a factor in breaking the Democratic hold on the South in 1928, when Alfred E. Smith, a Roman Catholic was that party's presidential candidate. Its collapse thereafter was largely due to state laws that forbade masks and eliminated the secret element, to the bad publicity the organization received through its thugs and swindlers, and apparently from the declining interest of the members. With the depression of the 1930s, due-paying membership of the Klan shrank to almost nothing. Many of its leaders had done extremely well financially from the dues and the sale of Klan paraphernalia. THE KLAN AFTER WWII: Dr. Samuel Green led a concerted attempt to revive the Klan, but it failed dismally as the organization splintered and as state after state specifically barred the order. Southern civil-rights activists during the 1960s gave the Klan a new impetus and led to revivals of scattered Klan organizations. The most notable of these were Mississippi's White Knights of the KKK, led by Robert Shelton. The newly revived Klan groups were responsible for violent attacks against blacks and civil-rights workers in cities throughout the South, including Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Fla., Birmingham and Montgomery, Ala, and Meridian, Miss. In spite of its efforts, the new Klan was not strong, and by the end of the decade its power and membership had declined to practically nothing. Altho a resurgence of support for the Klan was manifested in the surprising popularity in the early 1990s of David Duke of Louisiana, actual membership in Klan organization is estimated to be in the low thousands.
What kind of weapons did KKK use?
"They got them from a store duh like an illegal black market or something"
WRONG! Actually the KKK is a completely legal society that dislikes black people, so weapon dealerships cannot deny them weapons. The Ku Klux Klan gets its weapons the way any other adult can get it, the gun store down the shirt, or home-made weapons.
Which of these is the best description of the Ku Klux Klan?
a group that used terror and intimidation on blacks in the south following the Civil War
Facts about northern weapons used in the civil war?
It will be presumed that the question is concerning the US Civil War; the north was an industrialized region, while the south was an agricultural region. The north produced their own firearms, while the south had to import them from foreign countries. Hence, the naval blockades; and the blockade runners that countered them. Predominently, the cannons and muskets/rifles/revolvers were muzzle loaders. Although metallic cartridges did exist, they were too new and too little (in quantity). The revolver's barrel didn't load thru the muzzle, but rather the cylinders were loaded at their muzzles (the opening where the bullet exited and entered the barrel at the forcing cone). The first US Army metallic cartridge handgun was the Colt model 1873 revolver. So if you ever see US Civil War soldiers loading metallic cartridges in the movies, unless it's a Henry or Spencer repeating rifle using copper shells, it's not a realistic/historically correct film. Henry's and Spencer's were purchased by Northern forces, in very small quantities; some by the Gov't, most by the men themselves. Southerners got them during "battlefield pick-ups."
Why African Americans would be scared of the KKK?
They were a cult with one mission: To torture and kill every last African American.
Also the KKK treated the African Americans like a roach, and stomped on them every chance they got. They had no mercy.
