KKK

Question 1

What was the KKK’s political impact in INDIANA?

Answer 1

• 250,000 members
• 1915 over half of the elected members of General Assembly were KKK members
• Ed Jackson elected 32nd Governor of Indiana from 1925-29

Question 2

What was the name of the place where the Klan met and who was present?

Answer 2

• Klavern
• Kleagle (recruiter)
• Kludd (chaplain)

Question 3

Who was the mayor of Oklahoma city and why was he important?

Answer 3

• John calloway “Jack” Walton

Klan led violence reached epidemic in Tulsa - he placed every city under martial law, and later the entire state

Question 4

Which politician did the KKK destroy the presidential campaign o in 1924 and 1928?

Answer 4

• Al Smith because he was Catholic

Question 5

How did the Klan retaliate to Walton’s opposition?

Answer 5

• Encouraged Legislature to oust Walton through impeachment, thus ruining his chances of becoming president

Question 6

What sort of impact did the Klan have in huge cities?

Answer 6

• They had little influence as ethnic diversity was widely accepted

Question 7

What were the factors that contributed towards the downfall of the Klan?

Answer 7

• David Stephenson raped a girl
• > there was thus a lot of bad press for the Klan, as this behaviour did not represent klan values
• > lost lots of support
• Financial mismanagment
• 1930 power of klan broken at national level though terrorism still existed at a local level

Question 8

In which states did the KKK help to elect governors?

Answer 8

• Maine
• Ohio
• Colorado
• Lousiana

Question 9

What percentage of the Klan came from:

• Southwest
• Old Confederacy States
• Midwest
• Pacific Coast
• North Atlantic -New England

Answer 9

• 25% Southwest
• 16% Old Confederacy States
• 8% Midwest
• 6% Pacific Coast
• 3% North Atlantic - New England Region

Question 10

Which states were popular for the KKK? (40%)

Answer 10

• Indiana
• Ohio
• Louisiana

Question 11

Which city was the centre of Klan influence?

Answer 11

TULSA

Question 12

How much did membership increase by between 1921-29?

Answer 12

• 1921 -> 100,000
• 1924 -> 4,000,000
• 1929 -> 200,000

Question 13

Which groups of people joined the KKK?

Answer 13

• Farmers
• Shopkeepers
• Police officials
• Politicians
• Lawyers

Question 14

Who were the main leaders of the Klan?

Answer 14

• Hiram Evans
• DC Stephenson
• William Simmons
• Edgar Young Clark
• Elizabeth Taylor

Question 15

Who was targeted by the KKK?

Answer 15

• Black Americans
• Jews
• Catholics
• Communists
• Atheists
• Those who worked on Sabbath
• Foreigners
• Bootleggers
• Adulterers

Question 16

What were the methods of the KKK?

Answer 16

• Tar and Feather
• Lynching
• Beatings
• Burning on cross
• Intimidation
• Branding
• Death
• Whipping

Question 17

What examples prove the Klan had LITTLE impact?

Answer 17

EXISTING RACISM - not KKK

• Act to Preserve Racial Integrity
• Fitter families
• Miscegenation Laws
• Government restriction of immigration (1917, 21, 24)

FLORIDA:
- Attack on Black community - killing 8 people

TULSA, OKLAHOMA
- Attack on Black community - false rape allegation - killing 300+

Question 18

What was the political impact in GEORGIA?

Answer 18

• 1922 Earl Mayfield elected to senate over two Jewish competitors - had support of klansmen
• Paul. S. Etheridge was Imperial klonsel and chief of staff pf Klan - did not interfere with re-election of Fulton County Board of Commissioners
• Editor of klan newspaper was member of Georgia state legislature
• 1922 Attorney General Clifford Walker elected governer

Question 19

What was the political impact in ALABAMA?

Answer 19

• Members of klan - Charles C. McCall and Bibb Graves elected Attorney General and Governor
• 15000-18000/32000 - votes for the klan
• klan controlled votes and jobs in Birmingham
• 50,000 paying members of klan (strong)
• 1926 Hugo Black elected to US Senate

Question 20

What was it called when several klaverns gathered and who was present?

Answer 20

• Klonkave

- Grand Dragon, Grand Goblin + Exalted Cyclops