1. The roaring twenties

2. Ku Klux Klan Intro Video
Entry Task
Ku Klux Klan Intro Video

3. KKK Founded 1866, in Pulaski, TN
Klan Costume
Huntsville, AL 1868
Founded 1866, in Pulaski, TN
White southern resistance to Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political & economic equality for blacks.
1870s onward = white supremacy dominates South = smaller KKK

4. KKK 1915 revival of the KKK near Atlanta, GA
Peak in the 1920s, Klan membership = 4 million+ people
New Klan not only anti- black but also against Roman Catholics, Jews, foreigners, & organized labor.
Springfield, OH 1923

5. KKK
The Great Depression in the 1930s depleted the Klan, temporarily disbanded in 1944.
Civil Rights movement of the 1960s => surge of local Klan activity across the South.
Today, the Klan = 6, ,000 active members, mostly in the Deep South.
Salisbury, NC, 1964

6. Directions
You will get a packet of articles about the KKK in Washington.
Investigate the actions & effects of the KKK in Washington by using the articles to answer the questions.