Agenda for 3/28

Hello Everyone,

I will be presenting at the school meeting today. Please complete the following assignment during class. 

1. Read the article about the history of the KKK here: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_kkk.html

Answer these questions:

1. Where and when did the KKK begin?

2. What words did the group use to create its name?

3. Who was the first Grand Wizard (top leader) of the KKK?

4. What were the other names of leaders in the KKK?

5. What things did the KKK do between 1869 and 1871?

6. In what year did the federal (national) government stop the KKK with the Force Bill.

7. When and where did the KKK start again in 1915?

8. Which groups was KKK against?

9. How many people were in the KKK by the mid-1920s?

10. How many Americans are in the KKK today?