Pros And Cons Of Ku Klux Klan
Post the civil war, Ku Klux Klan emerged in a new form guided under Confederate General Nathaniel Bedford Forrest during the 1920s. It was most popular during that time as it gained support nationwide. This was a phase of intense panic and uncertainty rising from constant immigration, alarming racial discrimination and drastic transformation in personal principles and manners.
Klan’s progress and productivity was aided by many factors such as: the post-war agriculture depression, African Americans inhabiting northern cities, and the heightened strength of religious prejudice and nativism including intolerance towards immigration and a largely successful advertising campaign following World War I. Klan members advocated for Prohibition, traditional
principles and true Americanism and as a result Roman Catholics, Jews, African Americans, immigrants, divorces and bootleggers were some of Klan’s perpetual targets. The organization engaged 3 million people by partnering with a national organization and also took an active role in electing16 U.S senators including many legal officials.
The members of the Klan, including many middle class professionals, farmers, clerical workers were very visible with their public ideas and activities. Gaining its strong support from south, Oklahoma and Indiana the members actively endorsed Klan political representatives and merchants in rallies and parades. Many of it’s supporters were women and people from urban areas too. The organization reached not only the south but the midwest, and all around the northern United States. The reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s was a reflection of a society fighting the effects of powerful industrial growth, modernization , and immigration.
Klan’s progress and productivity was aided by many factors such as: the post-war agriculture depression, African Americans inhabiting northern cities, and the heightened strength of religious prejudice and nativism including intolerance towards immigration and a largely successful advertising campaign following World War I. Klan members advocated for Prohibition, traditional
principles and true Americanism and as a result Roman Catholics, Jews, African Americans, immigrants, divorces and bootleggers were some of Klan’s perpetual targets. The organization engaged 3 million people by partnering with a national organization and also took an active role in electing16 U.S senators including many legal officials.
The members of the Klan, including many middle class professionals, farmers, clerical workers were very visible with their public ideas and activities. Gaining its strong support from south, Oklahoma and Indiana the members actively endorsed Klan political representatives and merchants in rallies and parades. Many of it’s supporters were women and people from urban areas too. The organization reached not only the south but the midwest, and all around the northern United States. The reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s was a reflection of a society fighting the effects of powerful industrial growth, modernization , and immigration.