How Did The Klu Klux Klan Cause Racism To African Americans?

Racism has been a large problem for the United States back to when America was founded. In the 1600s, People from England sailed across the Atlantic Ocean looking for a better life. With the idea of racism already in Europe, it was natural to bring the idea to the New World. Slaves, mostly from North Africa, were used in early America to farm tobacco, rice, and sassafras. These unpaid, enslaved people were thought of as peasants back then. Even our Founding Fathers, including Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, had purchased slaves. Not until after the Civil War, was slavery outlawed, but during the late 1800s, racism returned. The KKK (Klu Klux Klan) was an extremist group extremely racist to African-Americans. The KKK used violence to gain power and thought whites were superior over all other races. Acts of the KKK included house burnings, school shootings, and murder. Fortunately, the number of KKK members has decreased rapidly, for there once was around 4,000,000 members.
Hitler and the Nazis started capturing Jews and sending the to ghettos and concentration camps, where they were put to death. This tragic event in history is known as the Holocaust. Over 11 million people perished during this genocide. Hitler claimed the Jews were making Germany weak and he promised to make his country great again. But when the allies invaded the beaches of Normandy, the war changed. Germany started to break apart and was soon destroyed. Most concentration camps were liberated but in most cases, it was too late. Almost half of Europe's Jewish population was gone. This horrible event should be a reminder to how bad genocides can