The White Knights: Origins and Impact of the Ku Klux Klan

The White Knights: Ku Klux Klan

[object Object],[object Object],Introduction

Cartoon A cartoon threatening that the KKK would lynch (hang) carpetbaggers, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Independent Monitor, 1868.

[object Object],William Joseph Simmons founded the second Ku Klux Klan in 1915. The Second Ku Klux Klan Incarnation

[object Object],[object Object],The Ku Klux Klan first organised as a secret society in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1865. Location of where the KKK was founded

[object Object],Where the second KKK was founded The Second Incarnation of the KKK was formed in Stone Mountain, Georgia in 1915. As you can see, the location was very close to Pulaski, Tennessee, where the first KKK was created.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1871 – Congress passes the KKK Act. Timeline

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1922 – Klan numbers have increased to 4 million.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Causes of Abuse

Photo of abuse carried out Cross burning was used by the Klan as a symbol of terror. Cross burning is said to have been introduced by William J Simmons, the founder of the second Klan in 1915.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],My Opinion of why the KKK abused particular groups of society

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The short and long term outcomes on the country

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The short and long term outcomes on America today cont...

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The short and long term outcomes on the world

Photo of the KKK Ku Klux Klan members march down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC 1928 with the Capitol in the background.

The KKK Ku Klux Klan members Nazi salute pledge of allegiance…to God? The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan claim that the Bible is on their side. They claim that the Bible condones their activity. But nowhere in the Bible is killing thy neighbor encouraged.

[object Object],[object Object],Conclusion

The White Knights: Origins and Impact of the Ku Klux Klan

Recomendados

Recomendados

Más contenido relacionado

La actualidad más candente

La actualidad más candente (20)

Similar a The White Knights: Origins and Impact of the Ku Klux Klan

Similar a The White Knights: Origins and Impact of the Ku Klux Klan (14)

Último

Último (20)

The White Knights: Origins and Impact of the Ku Klux Klan