Ku Klux Klan Thesis
On April 9th, 1865 The Civil War was won by the North declaring an end to slavery and its cruelty. Blacks will no longer be called Slaves or be pushed around and beaten by their landlords, they have received freedom in all parts of the USA… and the Southerners were not happy with that. Angrily, the Southerners created the Ku Klux Klan to torture all of the freed slaves by burning down their houses, robbing them, and even worse... murdering them.
The Ku Klux Klan, or KKK for short, was founded by six confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee. The Ku Klux Klan have been on the streets ever since the end of the Civil War with an estimate of about 500,000 Klan members. The Klansmen wear white robes with white hoods that cover up their faces. The goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to battle against the Reconstruction, (1865-1877). Blacks were extremely hated in the South ever since they were defeated by the North in the Civil War and need to be on guard most of the time from the Ku Klux Klan's violent doings. Blacks didn’t need to worry that much about being found during the day… it's at night when they need to be extremely cautious for the Ku Klux Klan’s sneaky surprise attacks. The Ku Klux …show more content…
Klan doesn’t always surprise attack their victims though, they sometimes leave little caskets and written warnings on the porches of black people’s homes warning that they will be paying a visit soon. And when the Ku Klux Klan does attack, the Ku Klux Klan pull the innocent people out of there homes to be beaten and murdered, if not that then they might burn down their houses. Their attacks are usually focused towards blacks, Jews, and any white person that has record of working with blacks, like a white teacher that teaches black kids. It isn’t always the Ku Klux Klan that partakes in these attacks, Neo-Nazi groups and Skinheads sometimes accompany the Ku Klux Klan in their fun and games. Hatred against the Ku Klux Klan was strong in the North and in congress. The Congress created the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to try and stop this madness. The purpose of the Ku Klux Klan Act was to end violence in organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. However, the law failed to tear apart the Klan… But later on in 1871 the hatred upon the Ku Klux Klan finally started to have an affect. Federal Arrests of the Klansmen started to happen throughout the South causing the Ku Klux Klan to slowly diminish into U.S. history, by 1873 a whole bunch of the Ku Klux Klan fell apart leaving a tiny portion of Klansmen left. The Ku Klux Klan wasn’t a one time thing, they had several revivals. For example, in 1915 William Joseph Simmons resurrected the Ku Klux Klan from its grave. The second Ku Klux Klan was extremely different than the first Klan. The members a to pay to get in… It cost $10 but even more because the members had to buy their robes and other necessities. The new Klan even had there own national newspaper and headquarters located in Atlanta Georgia. The Klan spread all throughout the world, from the South to parts of the East. The Klan also gained a lot of political power by gaining public supporters. Many blacks, Catholics, and Jews fought endlessly to terminate the second Ku Klux Klan, and many of the leaders were thrown into jail for long periods of time. The Klans second rise grew and shrunk as the years went by and still goes on to this day. The Ku Klux Klan connects to To Kill a Mockingbird in many ways.
One way that the KKK and To Kill a Mockingbird connects is it takes place in the Depression era, where an item yesterday costed one dollar now costs four dollars today, the second rise of the Ku Klux Klan was affected by The Depression. New members that wanted to join had to pay a LOT of money to join… It costed ten dollars! That may not seem like a lot but during the Depression ten dollars translated to a good fifty dollars... if not that then more! In To Kill a Mockingbird families such as the Cunninghams were struck hard by the Depression where a quarter was too much to pay. Walter Cunningham's family doesn’t know where their next meal is going to come for, they may even have to skip meals if they can’t find the
food. One way that the Ku Klux Klan relates to modern day life is how there are still people who are against blacks. People still wave the Confederate flag which is a horrible thing to do. For example, In Charleston South Carolina nine people including a pastor were murdered in a church. In To Kill a Mockingbird are still huge racial problems during the 1920s and further on, blacks are still treated poorly in the South.
The Ku Klux Klan, or KKK for short, was founded by six confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee. The Ku Klux Klan have been on the streets ever since the end of the Civil War with an estimate of about 500,000 Klan members. The Klansmen wear white robes with white hoods that cover up their faces. The goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to battle against the Reconstruction, (1865-1877). Blacks were extremely hated in the South ever since they were defeated by the North in the Civil War and need to be on guard most of the time from the Ku Klux Klan's violent doings. Blacks didn’t need to worry that much about being found during the day… it's at night when they need to be extremely cautious for the Ku Klux Klan’s sneaky surprise attacks. The Ku Klux …show more content…
Klan doesn’t always surprise attack their victims though, they sometimes leave little caskets and written warnings on the porches of black people’s homes warning that they will be paying a visit soon. And when the Ku Klux Klan does attack, the Ku Klux Klan pull the innocent people out of there homes to be beaten and murdered, if not that then they might burn down their houses. Their attacks are usually focused towards blacks, Jews, and any white person that has record of working with blacks, like a white teacher that teaches black kids. It isn’t always the Ku Klux Klan that partakes in these attacks, Neo-Nazi groups and Skinheads sometimes accompany the Ku Klux Klan in their fun and games. Hatred against the Ku Klux Klan was strong in the North and in congress. The Congress created the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to try and stop this madness. The purpose of the Ku Klux Klan Act was to end violence in organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. However, the law failed to tear apart the Klan… But later on in 1871 the hatred upon the Ku Klux Klan finally started to have an affect. Federal Arrests of the Klansmen started to happen throughout the South causing the Ku Klux Klan to slowly diminish into U.S. history, by 1873 a whole bunch of the Ku Klux Klan fell apart leaving a tiny portion of Klansmen left. The Ku Klux Klan wasn’t a one time thing, they had several revivals. For example, in 1915 William Joseph Simmons resurrected the Ku Klux Klan from its grave. The second Ku Klux Klan was extremely different than the first Klan. The members a to pay to get in… It cost $10 but even more because the members had to buy their robes and other necessities. The new Klan even had there own national newspaper and headquarters located in Atlanta Georgia. The Klan spread all throughout the world, from the South to parts of the East. The Klan also gained a lot of political power by gaining public supporters. Many blacks, Catholics, and Jews fought endlessly to terminate the second Ku Klux Klan, and many of the leaders were thrown into jail for long periods of time. The Klans second rise grew and shrunk as the years went by and still goes on to this day. The Ku Klux Klan connects to To Kill a Mockingbird in many ways.
One way that the KKK and To Kill a Mockingbird connects is it takes place in the Depression era, where an item yesterday costed one dollar now costs four dollars today, the second rise of the Ku Klux Klan was affected by The Depression. New members that wanted to join had to pay a LOT of money to join… It costed ten dollars! That may not seem like a lot but during the Depression ten dollars translated to a good fifty dollars... if not that then more! In To Kill a Mockingbird families such as the Cunninghams were struck hard by the Depression where a quarter was too much to pay. Walter Cunningham's family doesn’t know where their next meal is going to come for, they may even have to skip meals if they can’t find the
food. One way that the Ku Klux Klan relates to modern day life is how there are still people who are against blacks. People still wave the Confederate flag which is a horrible thing to do. For example, In Charleston South Carolina nine people including a pastor were murdered in a church. In To Kill a Mockingbird are still huge racial problems during the 1920s and further on, blacks are still treated poorly in the South.