By Nathan Li and Cameron Manz Mrs. Sceitz Class Block A

The Ku Klux Klan was made in 1866 by a group of Confederate Army veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee.

They Targeted white and black republican leaders and Jews

Congress passed a law that allowed the president to use federal troops against the Ku Klux Klan.

In 1990 The Ku Klux Klan exceeded more than 4 million people nationwide.

 The Ku Klux Klan Attack while it is night so they can’t be seen.  They dress usually in long white robes and long hoods that is shaped like a cone.

 The Ku Klux Klan’s flag would be red with a cross that is white and a drop of blood in the middle.

 They would attack usually in an underground campaign.

 There were more than 40 Klans and more than 2 million members in the country

 The Ku Klux Klan frightened nonmembers by burning crosses.

 The name came from a Greek word Kuklos, meaning “circle” and the English word “clan”

 How many klans were there?  A) over 2,000  B) over 40  C) 60  D) 200,000,000

 Who invented the Ku Klux klan?

 Where did the name come from and what was the word called?  A) Australia, weasel  B) Greek, Kuklas  C) Greek, Kuklos  D) America, Kuklos

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