Ku klux klan

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A film was released called birth of the nation in 1915 which showed the klan saving white families from black gangs. It attracted huge audiences and re inforced the idea of white supremacy

How was it revived?

Lynching, tar and feathering, kidnapping, murder, floggings, branding with acid, order people to leave town

What activities did they do?

White sheets and wore white hoods- to protect identity and to symbolise white supermacy

What did they dress like and why?

Ku klux klan

What does the Kkk stand for?

To terrorise black ppl newly freed from slavery

What was their aim?

1870

When did it die out?

1860's by soldiers who had fought in usa civil war

When was it originally made and by who?

1915

When was it revived?

A dentist called hiram wesley, he was known as the imperial wizard

Who was their leader in the 1920's and what was his nickname?

Because the federal grand jury determined that the klan was a terrorist organisation

Why did it die out?


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