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How Did The Ku Klux Klan Affect The 1920s

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The Ku Klux Klan, with its long history of violence, is the most infamous and oldest of American hate groups. Although black Americans have typically been the Klan's primary target, it also has attacked Jews, immigrants, gays and lesbians and, until recently, Catholics. The Ku Klux Klan, they believed, they were protecting in Traditional American values. They treated blacks by Lynched, raped and beat blacks for petty crimes. The Klan was not only anti-black but also took a stand against Roman Catholics, Jews, foreigners and organized labor. At its peak in the 1920s, Klan membership exceeded 4 million people nationwide.
The 1920’s , the time of the reborn the Ku Klux Klan, immigration restriction. though this intensified prejudice of the 1920’s
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