The Ku Klux KlanLO’s - To understand the role of the KKK in American society-To describe the implications the KKK had on Southern life

What is the KKK?

• The KKK is a white terrorist organisation that was established after the end of the Civil War

3 waves of terror• 1st wave- Created after the Civil War ended

in the 1860’s

• 2nd wave- Nationwide movement in the 1920’s in response to ‘foreigners’ in the US

• They created a more secret society with costumes and masks calling for the ‘purification’ of the USA

• 3rd wave- Emerges after WW2 and the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement

Klan Rules• Each Klan was led by a Grand

Wizard

• Organisations were called Klaverns

• Had to be native-born Americans, white, Protestant, 16 years or older

• No blacks, Catholics or Jews allowed

• From the 1920’s a paid membership bought you a sheet/ robe and a mask with a pointed hood

Terror of the Klan• The Klan targeted and terrorised

Blacks, Jews, Catholics and divorced women

• They used extreme forms of violence:

• Lynching

• Mutilating

• Whipping

• Murder

• They also erected huge crosses in peoples gardens

• Klansmen were very proud of the group and often participate in large patriotic rallies and marches

Both of which were legal

1920’s Klan• With increasing unemployment and new

arrivals to America the Klan continued to grow in the South (and the North)

• It attracted:

• Judges

• Police Officers

• Politicians

• ** this made any conviction against a Klan member almost impossible**

1950’s and 1960’s Klan

• The Klan continued to terrorise the Black population of America

• As acts were passed to secure the equal position of Black Americans the membership of the KKK grew

Exam style Question

Source D was written by an old black farmer in 1920.Source D was written by an old black farmer in 1920.I remember my granddaddy telling me how he felt he was ‘free I remember my granddaddy telling me how he felt he was ‘free at last’ after the civil war. “Free at last boy”, he said, “thanks to at last’ after the civil war. “Free at last boy”, he said, “thanks to these northern laws.” He died a few years ago. He knew he had these northern laws.” He died a few years ago. He knew he had

been fooled. Jim Crow broke his spirit.been fooled. Jim Crow broke his spirit.

Source E is from a diary kept by a white woman in 1920.Source E is from a diary kept by a white woman in 1920.My grandmother told me that freeing the slaves was the My grandmother told me that freeing the slaves was the

ruination of the South. Our plantations lost money and worst of ruination of the South. Our plantations lost money and worst of all nigra folks walked the streets as if they were the equals of all nigra folks walked the streets as if they were the equals of White folks. Something had to be done — I thank the lord for White folks. Something had to be done — I thank the lord for

good old Jim Crow.good old Jim Crow.

Compare the views in Sources D and E about the treatment of black Americans after the Civil War. (4 marks)

Exam Style Question

Source F was part of a booklet published in 1966 by a friend of Martin Luther King. It refers to event in the 1950’s.

•Ever since the Civil Rights Movement began the leaders have received death threats over the phone and through the mail. Police joined in the harassment. Phones were tapped. One man, the Rev. Charles Billups, was arrested. Later he was tied to a tree and beaten by the KKK.

•Evaluate the usefulness of Source F as evidence that fear and terror were used against the civil rights movement and black Americans. (6 marks).

QuestionsCopy the diagram on page 39 – The Klan’s Influence

Answer Questions 1 and 2 on page 40

Complete the source work task “White terror”

Race Relations in the USA –Jim Crow Laws

read and answer questions on page 44-48