Friday, December 5, 2008

The Creation of the Ku Klux Klan


The Creation
The Klu Klux Klan also known as the KKK, is a white supremacist group that hates people who are black, Jewish and other minorities. The KKK intimidates and opposes the Roman Catholics and labor unions(Organization of workers who have banned together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages, hours and other working conditions). The KKK was founded in Tennessee in 1865 by six middle-class veterans of the Confederate Army, it was created right after the American Civil War. The KKK was Created because the six veterans were very angry, that many Blacks won their freedom in the Civil War. The KKK members felt threatened because they thought the Blacks were going to get much more powerful with their freedom. At little less than 100 years later a brand new klan created (1960s), this Klan was more powerful than any other one (previously two klans, now three). The Klan was created because more white supremacists were upset about the two new laws that were created for the African Americans (The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act).








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