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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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What were the beliefs the KKK klan tried to spread?
there are no concrete set of beliefs. each klan member has different needs of hate to satisfy. and, will ban with any similar need, that requires hate of someone or something, to make one forget about how low they them selves are in any society.
Thats kind of wrong but there are so many different types of Klans that are part of the Klu Klux. Some of them believe that violence should not be part of their traditions and others obviously think violence is like needed and whatever. Their main beliefs are 1) Drugs, homosexuality, abortion and race-mixing is wrong
2) America needs to go back to being like all white
3) White people should be seperated from black people
4) If we carry on living with black people then whites will go extinct
How members of the Ku Klux Klan felt about the fact that African Americans had the right to vote?
They used threats and violence in order to prevent African Americans from voting.
Why did the ku klux klan develop?
The first Klu Klux Klan was started back in 1865. Unknown to many people, the Klu Klux Klan didn't singularly root out black people like their stories tell. The Klu Klux Klan also rooted out white people as well who were immoral or did wrong things. They are truly pure in every way: one man was rooted out and beaten out of town for doing immoral things. Read below. The Hispanics and Jews even handicap people were killed also. This section was taken from the official KKK website:
"There is a modern day myth that the KKK went around looking for innocent Negroes to hang. That the KKK exists for the purpose of persecuting people because of their race. This is taught in schools and via the mass media. Further, it is believed in and perpetuated by the modern day bogus, phony, illegal, and red neck "klans" of today. Most of these fake Klans are made up of the most ignorant people I have ever encountered. These morons know next to nothing about the true history, purposes, and activities of the real KKK. Believing in this myth themselves they disgrace the name of the organization they claim to respect. Their ignorance is no excuse and they only help the biased anti Klan factions convince the public that this myth is true. I have gotten numerous e-mails from people who believe this myth. They rant and rave about the millions of innocent Negroes killed by the KKK. The figure is ridiculous and would have been impossible for the Klan to attain. Yet, somewhere along the line they are getting the impression that there were millions of victims. The fact is that about five thousand people were "Ku Kluxed", as the term goes, by the KKK and most were whipped not executed. Though numerous historical accounts document this, and though it is ignored by the educational system and mass media, the overwhelming majorityof victims of the KKK were White! Believe it or not!
The KKK did not go after people because of their race, contrary to the myths told by the stupid wannabe bogus "klansmen", the biased educational system, and biased mass media of today. The KKK went after corrupt politicians, criminals, and social offenders."
So as you can see, the KKK are not racist people. Not the true KKK. There are phonies running around acting like they are the KKK, but they are not. They are posers. The true Klu Klux Klan was, and still is, a pure and noble race. They stand for rights, not race.
Who did the second wave of the klu klux klan target?
Mainly ethnic minorities or people the Klan perceived as undesirable in American society such as Blacks, Jews, Catholics and homosexuals.
Aside from these, the Klan sometimes targetted those who respected such people - e.g a white person who regarded black people as equals or befriended them might be counted among those whom they directed their hostility towards.
What effects did the rise of the ku klux klan have on southern politics?
The KKK ensured that the Democratic party would exist unopposed throughout the American south for almost 100 years (the "Solid South").
What is the organizational structure of the KKK?
The KKK , Klu Klux Klan, is a group of whites from the south who dressed in white sheets to resemble being white. These undercover whites beat, terrorized, and sometimes killed blacks and any white people who were friends of African American's. The KKK would destroy black peoples property and the teachers from the north that came to teach the black children. the KKK is a very violent group of anti black southerners, only men in KKK.
How did NAACP members react to Marcus Garvey's meeting with the KKK?
The NAACP members did not like that Marcus Garvey met with the KKK and seemed to side with them. Marcus Garvey wanted to re-populate Africa and fix the mistakes of white colonialism.Ê
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What was Jeffersons vision fir the future of American government and society?
Jefferson believed the nation's strength lay with its agriculture and yeoman farmers. He favored a rural nation with greater rights for the states. He was adamantly against a strong, central government and believed that the people had the final authority in government. Jefferson also encouraged support for the French Revolution
Why did the ku klux klan wear white robes?
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1st era (ie, 1860's-1870's) did not have a certain color robe. However, in the 2nd ear (1915-1939, which includes the HUGE wave of the Klan during the 20's), they all had White robes, with the exception of some officers. This was done for 2 reasons.
1. The book 'The Clansman' (which was later made into the movie 'Birth Of A Nation', which helped fuel the Ku Klux Klan movement) spoke of Clansman (Klansman) who wore white robes, which of course were also a color of religious robes at the time, thus, linking them to heroism and Christianity.
2. White is the color of purity and with the Klan being for '100% Americanism, womanhood, and racial purity', it was an obvious choice.
Today, White is still used for 'Knights', or 'ordinary' members and non-officers. However, for many officers (such as Grand Dragons, Knighthawks, etc), they often wear colored robes to show their designated rank.
Why was the Klu Klux Klan organized?
The KKK was originally founded as a replacement to any law agencies after the civil war ended by Nathan Bedford Forrest around 1866.
The North had removed much of the law and order within the South and left the reconstruction of the South (for a period anyway) in the hands of the south.
The KKK had questionable roots, at best, but did represent some law and order. Blacks were even marginally allowed to join. It quickly, however, digressed into a terrible hate group. It hated virtually anything and everything that was not whatever they were.
Questionable roots at best in an era of no law. The current KKK has no useful value whatsoever.
What did the Ku Klux Klan do why?
A group called the KKK [Ku Klux Klan] had formed after the Civil War. It was a group in the South and their main purpose was to show that Whites were still superior to other races. This group had a passionate hatred towards the Blacks. The members of the group killed over 150 African Americans in one Florida county. They wore white robes and masks over their faces to conceal their identity. They would shoot and burn houses and lynch families of Blacks. Basically, they hated the Blacks and a little while after, they started to hate Christians and Jews too.
Why was the KKK called the Ku Klux Klan?
"Origin The KKK was formed as a social group in Tennessee in 1866. The name probably came from the Greek word kuklos, meaning "circle." Ku Klux KlanKlan was an alliterative version of "clan," thus Ku Klux Klan suggested a circle, or band, of brothers." http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:BrcLzGXI9ZcJ:www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp%3Fid%3Dh-694+ku+klux+klan+name+origins&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
How did the KKK impact the US?
The KKK killed many people in the U.S. More than this. These people didnt like certin other people and killed those people. I think that this is very mean and stupid.
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What does the KKK have to do with the Harlem renaissance?
I have no idea.
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The symbol is a red cirlcle with a cross and a blood drop in the middle. The blood drop represents the blood shed by Jesus Christ as a sacrifice to the White Aryan Race.
Democrats have always been a racist party.
The party formed to commit genocide on the American Indians with the "Trail of Tears." Then they promoted a war to keep and spread slavery to the western territories. President Franklin Roosevelt(D) sent 120,000 Asians to gulags during WWII and nominated a Ku Klux Klansman to sit on the US Supreme Court. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that Democrats repeatedly put a Klansman in the line of Presidential Succession.
Which group was not targeted by the Ku Klux Klan?
Jews, Catholics, Immigrants and African Americans were among the groups the KKK targeted.
How do Ku Klux Klan kill people?
The kuklux klan would burn houses down and shoot or rape girls. they would burn crosses infront of their houses and throw parades by their house. they would also hang people.
The Ku Klux Klan is everywhere in the USA, mostly down south. Their HQ is in Arkansas.
What did the KKK do to prevent African American from making political and economic progress?
They scared, shot and even killed some blacks who tried to vote. They would also chase off blacks who came near the voting ballots.
The KKK Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present secret racist organizations in the United States. They are best known for advocating white supremacy and acting as vigilantes while hidden behind conic masks and white robes. The first KKK arose in the turmoil after the Civil War. It utilized terrorism, violence, and lynching to intimidate and oppress African Americans, Jews, Roman Catholics, and other racial and religious minorities. For all intents and purposes, the KKK was sometimes considered a Christian terrorist organization.
The first Klan was founded in 1865 by veterans of the Confederate Army. Its purpose was to restore white supremacy in the aftermath of the American Civil War. The Klan resisted Reconstruction by intimidating carpetbaggers, scalawags, and freedmen. The KKK quickly adopted violent methods. The increase in murders and lynchings finally resulted in a backlash among Southern elites who viewed the Klan's excesses as an excuse for federal troops to continue occupation. The organization declined from 1868 to 1870 and was degraded by President Ulysses S. Grant's prosecution and enforcement under the Civil Rights Act of 1871.
The Ku Klux Klan was most certainly not destroyed in 1871. In 1871, U.S. Grant signed the "Ku Klux Klan Act" (authored by Benjamin Franklin Butler ) into federal law. This law was overturned in 1882, with US v. Harris.
While some sources report that the KKK was destroyed in the 19th century, a "Second KKK" appeared in the early 20th century, and the KKK-2 plead that they were a reemergence of the original KKK. The movie Birth of a Nation (1915), which glorified the Reconstruction South, did much to stir up the white supremacy sentiment. As a result, the KKK spread significantly and into the North, reaching around one million members (although it is noted that not all members were open about their affiliations). Additionally, the Great Migration showed that African Americans were becoming more mobile, which did much to aggrandize racism already present in society. Meanwhile, the 20s Red Scare and the Palmer Raids caused widespread fear and distrust of immigrants. This, and the fact that immigrants took jobs from working-class Americans, caused the KKK to rally against immigrants (especially Eastern European) and radicals. By the 1920s, the KKK had grown to be anti-African American, anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, and anti-radical.
The fact is that, like most if not all such organizations, the KKK started and remained a disorganized lot. Today's KKK groups also plead original ancestry from the post Civil War Klan, but this link would have to be tenuous at best.
The FBI mounted major operations against the KKK as late as the 1950-60s, which resulted in downsizing and quite a few convictions. The KKK, much reduced and now no longer popular in anything but the extreme right wing, reduced in numbers and in advertising. However, minor rallies have been reported as recently as 1998, and the Klan is still operational although changed structurally.
What are the ways that the KKK has changed the world?
the kkk changed history becuase of segregation. Segeration is were they sepreated blacks from whites. Once the brown vs. Board of edicuation happend they got along.
