The Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan was started as an underground terrorist group against the civil rights movement that freed the slaves after the American Civil War. (sun.menloschool.org) The Ku Klux Klan or commonly referred as the KKK would define themselves as a political party‚ one that they also call the White Rights Movement. Whites‚ according to the KKK are giving up their lives in a sacrificial manner for those who are not white. (sun.menloschool.org) The KKK was made up of both men and
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History Fair Process Paper The Ku Klux Klan For this year’s history fair‚ our group decided to do our project on the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). We chose this topic because it’s something the four of us are very interested in. The KKK were against people specifically because of their race or religion. That was a big issue in the past‚ but it’s still a problem we see today. That is why we wanted to focus on the Ku Klux Klan for history fair this year. This Klan was founded on things like racism‚ anti-Semitism
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action on their own street. Groups like the Ku Klux Klan go completely against what the Bill of Rights states‚ that “All men are created equal.” (Winerip‚ 2) Hiram Evans states in his article‚ North American Review‚ that “there are many millions who have never joined but who think and feel and - when called on - fight with us.” (Evans‚ 1). He believes that the Klan is something to be looked up on because they are taking a stand in what they believe. The Klan is the cause of hundreds of deaths and is
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After dying out in the late 1870s‚ the Ku Klux Klan‚ also known as the KKK has risen again‚ stronger than it was before. Starting in Stone Mountains‚ Georgia‚ William Simmons was able to resurrect the klan completely. The Ku Klux Klan has already gained total membership of four million members‚ and is growing rapidly in the South. They have already taken control over members serving in state legislatures and Congress‚ and were elected to the governorship in several states. Indiana‚ Oklahoma‚ Texas
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The Original Klan The first two words of “Ku Klux Klan” derived from a Greek word “KyKlos” meaning circle (History1). The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866‚ in the southern state Tennessee. Southern states were where most slaves worked. The group extended to nearly every southern state by 1870 (History1). Members of the group waged an underground campaign of violence and torture aimed at white and black Republican leaders (History1). The first meetings of the Klan were held in a general organizing
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The Ku Klux Klan White was the color of their skin. White was the color of the robes they wore. White supremacy was all that they wanted. The Ku Klux Klan was started by ex-Confederate soldiers that held their beliefs very highly. Their beliefs must have been held from a different viewpoint than the majority of people because they were willing to kill for what they wanted. Many people thought that the members‚ or Klansfolk‚ of the Ku Klux Klan eat‚ slept‚ and breathed terrorism‚ but the truth is
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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
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restrictions. In 1866‚ six veterans of the confederate army formed a secret society named the Ku Klux Klan‚ from the Greek word Kuklos‚ meaning circle. When the Ku Klux Klan was in its infancy‚ they were organized like a social group. They would help citizens‚ one of whom was reported in the Franklin View‚ a Nashville paper as follows: “The Franklin Review of yesterday related that the Ku Klux a few nights since visited the home of a poor widow whose two sons had fallen in the Confederate
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The First Ku Klux Klan Introduction The first Ku Klux Klan‚ or the KKK‚ was started in May of 1886 at Pulaski‚ Tennessee. The organization was formed after the Civil War by former Confederate soldiers. The organization was formed in hopes that the organization would prevent the black from overthrowing the white’s superiority. There were many groups that were formed in this time period like The Order of the White Rose‚The White Brother Hood‚ Pale Faces‚ Constitutional Union Guards Pale Faces‚ and
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Since 1866 the Ku Klux Klan has been the epitome of wild‚ irrational‚ and extreme violence against nationality‚ race‚ and religion in the United States. Although the KKK has declined in popularity and power‚ the white supremacy clan is still prevalent along with underlying groups that follow the traditional beliefs of the KKK. The klan was once spread throughout nearly all southern states during the 19th century when the Civil Rights Movement was at its high. The klan died out‚ but reemerged during
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