Can you decipher the
individuals?
RANERW G RANIGDH
ANSWER: WARREN G
HARDING
RRYAH DUAEHTRYG
ANSWER: HARRY DAUGHERTY
NAERWD OLNEML
ANSWER: ANDREW MELLON
OWOORDW IWSLNO
ANSWER: WOODROW
WILSON
ACVLNI OOCILEGD
ANSWER: CALVIN COOLIDGE
YAENW HWERELE
ANSWER: WAYNE
WHEELER
LA ACENOP
ANSWER: AL CAPONE
YOR LETSMODA
ANSWER: ROY OLMSTEAD
UAENILP SIBAN
ANSWER: PAULINE
SABIN
REBHTRE OVOERH
ANSWER: HERBERT
HOOVER
LARETB LAFL
ANSWER: ALBERT
FALL
Learning Objectives:
• How have the KKK been interpreted
• To learn about what the KKK believed in and
how they were formed
• Learn about how much support and influence
the KKK had in 1920s America
• Prepare for an (a) question essay on the KKK
The KKK in the Media
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bznj3TTCFM (D. W. Griffith film ‘Birth of a
Nation which apparently inspired the rebirth
of the KKK)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8dr_Biv4
Z0 (a bit more information on the KKK)
How were the KKK formed?
• The KKK had their roots in the small towns and rural
communities
• It began as a reaction of the defeated whites in the
aftermath of the civil war, and the fears that their way of
life was under threat
• Most member were ex-confederate soldiers
• The Ku Klux Klan were formed first in Tennessee
• One of the tactics was lynching of black Americans
• In 1892 alone, 155 African Americans were lynched
• The KKK re-emerged after World War One and the D. W.
Griffith film Birth of a Nation-the film seemed to glorify the
KKK
What did the KKK believe in?
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The KKK hated black Americans
But the also hated other groups like Catholics
They hated immigrants
They saw themselves as defenders of the
traditional, Protestant way of life
What did the KKK do?
• They saw themselves as defenders of the
American way-’Morality, Americanism,
Protestantism and White Supremacy’.
• By 1921 they had over 100,000 members
• Each branch became a Klavern and several
Klaverns a Konklave
• Klaverns were under a Kleagle and Klonklaves
headed by a Grand Dragon
• The key figure in the re-founding of the KKK was
Doc Simmons, a former Methodist preacher from
Atlanta
How much support did the KKK have?
• This is a key area of debate amongst historians
• Were they just a rural organization based
mostly in the south?
• What about the role of David Curtis
Stephenson-virtually the whole state of
Indiana fell under his control in 1924
• The Pacific coast was largely untouched by the
KKK
Individually, in pairs or in groups work through the booklet on the KKK. You are
preparing to answer the question: How far do you agree with the view that the KKK
possessed neither sizeable support nor significant influence?
Learning Outcomes:
I can explain how the KKK have been
interpreted throughout history
I can explain what the KKK believed in and
how they were formed
I can explain some of the ideas of the KKK
and how they protested
I have prepared for an essay based on how
much support and influence the KKK had
in the 1920s
Red (not Amber
achieved (working
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towards)
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