The Ku Klux Klan (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Decade when original KKK first emerged
Decade when original KKK first emerged
1860s
Film that helped revive KKK (year)
Film that helped revive KKK (year)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
KKK peak membership & year
KKK peak membership & year
5 million by 1925
Groups targeted by 1920s KKK
Groups targeted by 1920s KKK
African Americans, Jews, Catholics, immigrants
What KKK called itself in 1921
What KKK called itself in 1921
Fraternal society
What KKK members wore
What KKK members wore
White robes and hoods
Positions KKK infiltrated
Positions KKK infiltrated
Police officers, judges, sheriffs
KKK violence methods (list 3)
KKK violence methods (list 3)
Cross-burnings, beatings, whippings, lynchings
Religious appeal of KKK
Religious appeal of KKK
Defender of Protestant Christianity
Year David Stephenson convicted
Year David Stephenson convicted
1925
Stephenson's crimes
Stephenson's crimes
Kidnapping, rape, murder of Madge Oberholtzer
Year of Alabama KKK violence wave
Year of Alabama KKK violence wave
1927
KKK membership by 1930
KKK membership by 1930
30,000