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Ku Klux Klan

             The Ku Klux Klan organized a little while after the American Civil War. There are many theories that the Ku Klux Klan was established years ago in but was never a violent group. The Ku Klux Klan manly consisted of old Confederate Army Officers. The Confederate Army officers were not too happy with the outcome of the Civil War thus the organization of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan was originally just a group who went to African American homes to scare them but eventually became violent and African Americans began to get killed. What all started as harmless fun turned into a torturing nightmare for all African Americans.
             The Ku Klux Klan's original purpose in the South was to scare African Americans out of voting. Many Southerners believed voting gave African Americans some kind of power. The first Klan branch was established in Pulaski, Tennessee, in May 1866. Then about a year later another branch was born in Nashville in April 1867. The first Grand Wizard to rule over the Klan was Nathan Forrest. Forrest was an outstanding general during the Civil War. Nathan Forrest disbanded the organization since his original ideas for the Klan was to aid Confederate Army families who's love ones had been lost and to end segregation. Forrest stated the Klan had become to violent and that was why he left. .
             Many Congressmen urged Ulysses S. Grant; President at the time, to take charge against the Klan. In 1870 Grant investigated the organization. Grants investigation proved what many had already known and on April 20,1871 Congress passed the Ku Klux Klan Act. This act gave the president the power to intervene in troubled states where disturbances occurred. This did not stop the growth of the Klan. Grant also passed the Enforcement Act. This act considered the Klan and illegal terrorist group.He thought this would end the Klan's operations.
             By 1915 the Ku Klux Klan was reformed by a preacher named William J. Simmons.


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The Ku Klux Klan is a secret organization that was formed in South America in the state called Mississippi in the early 1900's which until this day still exists; the original Ku Klux Klan was organized in Pulaski, in the state of Georgia on December 24, 1865, by six former Confederate army officers. ... The name Ku Klux Klan comes from the Greek word "kuklos" which means circle. The Ku Klux Klan also called the KKK has killed many black people during the American civil war. ... The Ku Klux Klan was mostly active in between 1963 to 1970. ... This is to show how the Ku Klux Klan is....

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2. Racism And The Ku Klux Klan

However, with the Klan demanding freedom of speech, with political figures related to the Ku Klux Klan still bringing prejudice to politics throughout the country, and with multitudes of African-American churches being burned to the ground, it seems as if the Ku Klux Klan is still a threat to the citizens of this country. The Ku Klux Klan has played a major role in United States history. ... (Harrel, 309) The idea of public officials having involvement in the Ku Klux Klan is frightening, and still today it is present. ... Today, the Ku Klux Klan does not just ...

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3. Ku Klux Klan

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4. The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871

The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 and the Joint Select Committee majority report were responses to an escalating civil unrest during the Reconstruction Period of the United States. These acts were established to dismantle, or at the very least, control the practices of the Ku Klux Klan. ... The Ku Klux Klan Act and the Joint Select Committee's majority report can be seen as succeeding "in suppressing the Klan's activities in those regions where it was enforced."" ... Their testimony gave "the most complete and reliable account of [the Ku Klux Klan's] operations during Reconstruction....

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5. History and Philosophy of the Ku Klux Klan

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Millions of lives have been taken by such parties as the Nazi's and the Ku Klux Klan since the birth of our country. ... However, with the Klan demanding freedom of speech, with political figure related to the Ku Klux Klan still bringing prejudice to politics throughout the country, and with multitudes of African-American churches being burned to the ground, it seems as if the Ku Klux Klan is still a threat to the citizens of this country. The Ku Klux Klan has played a major role in United States history. ... The idea of public officials having involvement in the Ku Klux Klan is fright...

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7. How and Why did the Ku Klux Klan become a powerfu

It was originally organized as a secret social club (Ku Klux Klan 1). ... Later on the name was changed to Ku Klux Klan to represent a college fraternity (Kronchwetter 19). ... The Ku Klux Klan especially targeted Republicans because the freed slaves were joining the party. ... They were commonly tortured or killed because of their involvement (Ku Klux Klan 1). ... So a year later congress passed the, "Ku Klux Klan Acts," this strengthen the punishment and also allowed the suspension if Habeas Corpus while the state is under martial law (Ku Klux Klan 2). ...

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The Past and Present Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan was formed at the end of the Civil War during the Reconstruction period. ... The Ku Klux Klan has a very rich history and a very unusual group still in existence today. ... Grant began to get frustrated with the Ku Klux Klan after hearing of the turmoil they had been causing. ... In the fall of 1915, the second era of the Ku Klux Klan was born. ... ""(28) When he was in a car accident and bedridden for three months, he worked out all the details of founding a new Ku Klux Klan. ...

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