Zusammenfassung der Ressource
in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan
possessed neither sizeable support nor
significant influence?
- Sizeable support
- Yes
- 100,00 followers in 1921. Quite large
- 40,000 strong parade in Washington-1925
- Claimed 5million members in 1923
- No
- Only 100,000 followers in 1921, not significant in a
country of more than 100milion
- Sizeable influence
- Yes
- During the 20s Georgia's two senators were
Klansmen
- Alleged that it had helped elect governors
in Maine, Ohio, Colorado and Louisiana
- Destroy Al Smith's chances of becoming president
- No
- The clan had very little influence in large cities, as there was racial
integration and some acceptance, so people were less likely to take
to their lies