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on December 24, 1865 the Ku Klux Klan was created. It was started in Tennessee. It was created from confederate soldiers and their goal was to reconstruct society.

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Following the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan emerges to suppress and victimize newly freed slaves.

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1915
William J. Simmons, organized the start of the second upbringing of the KKK. Was inspired Thomas Dixon and his book The Clansman (1905) as well as D.W. Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation (1915).

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Throughout the 1920's the Ku Klux Klan began to repopulate within the United States due to a new hatred towards groups growing. With this new hatred boiling in the United States, the Ku Klux Klan begun their new purpose of discriminating between immigrant groups, the new religions appearing, and of course still the blacks. At this newfound hight, 4 million people joined the Klan.

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1928
The Klan had another membership growth in 1928, when Alfred E. Smith who was a catholic and received the Democratic presidential nomination.

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during the Great Depression, the KKK was depleted in the 1930's . It was temporarily disbanded in 1944. Once the Civil Rights movements began to rise, the KKK began to rise again as African Americans fought for rights.

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They had much intolerance towards multiple ideas and groups of people. They didn't agree with those who were Roman Catholic, Jewish, or foreigners not from the United States. They also didn't like other races such as African Americans, Asians, and any other foreigners to the US.

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This intolerance was widespread and violent. They would kill, murder, and torture those of other races and religions. Foreigners would be denied a lot by the KKK due to this being a primary reason for their resurgence in this time. "Americanism" ran deep within it and to keep this they believed that other races and religions had to be put down and demonstrate their authority over these groups.