Klu Klux Klan- activities and beliefs.

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  • Klu Klux Klan- activities and beliefs.
    • Named leader grand imperial dragon wizard.
    • Lynchings
      • Tar and feathering
      • Intimidation- circles closing in each nigh
      • Placing a burning cross in your garden as a warning
    • Standing around a fiery cross
    • America- WASPS only.
    • Regular rallies to recruit new members- they became very popular in the 1920's- particularly with the red scare of communism going on. The kkk super rallies in washington 1923-1924 for example, enrolled 1900 people into the klan.
    • Shop boycotts to try and get all the catholics and blacks out of the communities as they hated them.
    • They were all in the justice system, including polic so this meant that reguarly they determined the decisions on whever people were found guilty and what they were sentenced to. they abused this power particularly with blacks.
    • Fell in popularity after the grand dragon Indiana, david Stephenson, was arrested and sentenced to 25 years in prison for ****.
      • Named leader grand imperial dragon wizard.
    • Following the war, the klan developed strong anti-Catholic, jewish, communist and anarchist feelings.

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