Use the link to answer the first 15 questions. Write your answers on a sheet of binder paper.
For questions #1-15 use the KKK link:
- What year was the KKK founded and why was it founded?
- Who was first leader, or “grand wizard,” of the Klan?
- The organization of the Ku Klux Klan coincided with the beginning of the second phase of what major event?
- For its part, the Ku Klux Klan dedicated itself to an underground campaign of violence against who specifically?
- Who are Knights of the White Camelia and the White Brotherhood?
- By what year, did the Ku Klux Klan have branches in nearly every southern state?
- What happened in South Carolina in January of 1871?
- What was the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871?
- What did the Act authorize the president to do?
- What did Preisident Grant do to crush Klan activity in South Carolina in 1871?
- What happened near Atlanta in 1915 and what is "The Clansman"?
- This second generation of the Klan was not only anti-black but also took a stand against what other groups?
- At its peak in the 1920s, how mant members were in the KKK?
- In the early 1990s, the Klan was estimated to have how many members?
For the final 6 questions reference page 417-18 in your textbook:
15. How many strikes occured in 1919?
16. How many workers walked off the job that year?
17. Boston Police went on stirke that year - when was their last raise?
18. In September of 1919 how many steel workers walked off the job?
19. Why did John L. Lewis become a ntaional hero? What kind of a raise did coal miners receive because of Lewis?
20. List 3 reasons why the labor movement lost appeal in the 1920's: