It was mainly because the focus of the KKK had shifted. It wasn't just targeting African American's anymore. This appealed to more people. Also, during the 1920's there was unrest in the country because of the changing times. Flappers, speakeasies, automobiles, suburbs etc. made many people restless. Many, especially in the rural areas felt that this was the beginning of a moral decline in the U.S. The KKK was targeting these people to "give them comfort" (only completely false).
The KKK of the 1920s was established in near Atlanta in 1915 largely to protect and defend Georgia's statewide prohibition that has been imposed a few years earlier.
yes, but they are down from 6 million in 1920s to about 8,000 today
The first KKK was strongest in Tennessee. The second Klan, the KKK of the 1920s, was strongest in Indiana, where even the governor was reputed to have been a member of the secret organization and was elected with strong Klan support.
It was the 1920s not the 1910s and it was the Ku Klux Klan who were and still are hostile to Jews, Catholics and African-Americans.
The 1920s was known both as "The Roaring 20s" and "The Jazz Age. " Both of these nicknames reflect the importance of culture during this time, as well as how raucously the wealthy partied.
The KKK
The KKK of the 1920s was strongest in Indiana.
The "KKK of the 1920s," established in 1915, called itself the Ku Klux Klan or KKK.
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The KKK actively recruited members in the 1920s. Later, Sen. Harry Byrd would become a KKK recruiter.
The KKK is a secret organization. However, there were KKK groups in Pennsylvania is the 1920, largely because of its staunch support of National Prohibition.
The KKK re-emerged in the 1920s largely but not entirely, to promote and illegally enforce National Prohibition.
A movie called Birth of a Nation was part of what causes the reemergence of the KKK in the 1920s. Another reason for the reemergence was the changes in the country, some did not like these changes.
Yes, and also in Washington, DC.
"The Birth of a Nation" by D.W. Griffith.
A second KKK, called the Klan of the 1920s, was actually formed in 1915 at Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Early and mid-1920s.