Religion + Race

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    • Why did the KKK decline?

      The grand-dragon of the Indiana Klan, David Stephenson was convicted of rape and mutilation of a women in 1925.
    • What were some of the actions that the KKK committed?

      Lynching, flogging, brandings, mutilation, tar, feathering, kidnapping.
    • Who were the UNIA?
      Founded by Marcus Garvey, he though black people should celebrate their blackness. The UNIA then fell apart after Garvey was deported to Jamaica.
    • Who was John Scopes?

      A biology teacher who taught Darwen's theory of evolution while it was banned. He was fined $100.
    • How were the Native Americans treated in the 1920s?

      Until the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924, Native Americans were denied a full American Citizenship and were taught to reject their own culture. Even after this, they were still treated like second class.
    • When was the NAACP founded and when was its peak?

      The NAACP was founded in 1910 and its peak was in 1919 when it had 90,000 members and 300 branches.
    • Who were the NAACP?

      Founded by William Du Bois, the NAACP believed in peaceful, non-violent methods to fight for civil rights.
    • What was the great migration?
      As segregation did not exist in northern states, many black Americans decided to migrate in order to find better lives, 7 million made the trek. However life was still difficult and were continued to be treated as second class.
    • Who were the K.K.K?
      A white supreme racist group who terrorised black Americans in southern states.
    • What is a bible belt state?
      A state that forbid the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution. The bible belt states were made of many Christian fundamentalists who only believed in Creationism.
    • What were the Jim Crow laws?
      Segregation laws in the United States that was created in 1910.
    • What was the movie that caused a rise in the popularity of the K.K.K?
      The birth of a nation
    • When was the K.K.K. founded?
      1866
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