The second Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1915 by William Joseph Simmons and modeled after the first KKK after the Civil War. It promoted white supremacy and was anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic, and anti-black. At its peak, the second KKK had over 4 million members and engaged in violent activities such as lynchings, murders, and bombings targeting African Americans and supporters of civil rights. The second KKK declined in the 1920s and disbanded in 1944.

1. The Ku Klux Klan

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4. Creation The second Klan rose in response to the migration of European immigrants and The Great Migration of African Americans in 1915. Modeled after the first Ku Klux Klan (1866).

5. William Joseph Simmons Founded the 2 nd Ku Klux Klan in 1915. Under his lead, the KKK promoted a new program called Americanism. Was said to have introduced cross burning.

6. Members Most Klansmen were: Lower-middle class White Male Trying to protect their jobs and housing from newcomers and immigrants and foreigners.

8. Beliefs Anti-Racial Anti-Immigrant Anti-Catholic Anti-Semetic

10. Activities Cross burning- which symbolized white supremacy. Lynched and murdered black soldiers returning from world war 1. 416 African Americans were killed. In Ocoee, Orange County in 1921 the Klan attacked killing 8 residents and burning 25 black homes, two churches and a fraternal lodge.

11. Activities… cont. Torched an African American school in Rhode Island. Klan Leaders urged members to disrupted the CIO, which was open to African Americans. Bombed black houses in College Hills, Alabama Engaged in violent opposition to the civil rights movement.

13. Political Influence Klan took secretly over the City Council in Anaheim, CA In New York City, defeated a Democratic Party platform plank which would have hurt the Klan at the 1924 Democratic Convention By 1925, the Klansmen worked for political and social reform in Alabama

15. Extra Info The second KKK had over 4 million members at its peak. They supported prohibition, members of the Klan and prohibition groups over lapped and coordinated activities. Klan membership compromised members 20% of the adult white male population in many broad geographic areas (40% in some areas).

17. The End of the 2 nd KKK In 1944, the Klan disbanded

18. The End