Opposition to civil rights

• Who is the KKK?


  White supremacist organisation that aimed to ensure white people continued to have more rights over other races. They typically dressed in white robes and hoods.
• what were the four main points of the history of the KKK?


  • Formed in the 1860s after the American Civil War
  • The government restricted its actions in 1871 in the KKK act
  • Williams Simmonds, restarted the organisation in 1915
  • In 1925 it had 5 million members
• what did the KKK believe in?


  • WASPs (white Anglo-Saxon Protestants)
  • Believed immigration threatened WASPs
  • Enforced traditional Christian values by attacking people of other religions that they saw as immoral
  • Clean segregation was supported by the words of the Bible
• how was the KKK set up?


  • Divided into groups called Klaverns
  • Klaverns were led by Kleagles who answered to klugs
  • Overall leader was called the imperial wizard
  • Rules were written in a book called the Kloran
• what main four things did the KKK do?


  • Burnt crosses outside victims homes to make them a target
  • Involved in lynchings, specifically beating burning and tarring their victims
  • Protested against politicians
  • Boycotted any businesses owned by people who disagrees with them
• who were the Dixiecrat’s?


  A part of the Democratic party that broke away because it supported segregation
• what did the Dixiecrats do?


  Filibuster - a tactic used in Congress to prevent a vote on a bill specifically they talked until the time limit on the debate was reached