The KKK were people classified as not being able to cope with modern, urban society. “But recent scholarship shows that Klan members were a cross-section of native Protestants; many were women, and many came from urban areas” (Digital History, 2014). At the KKK’s peak during 1924, they had control of 24 of the 48 state legislators, and could control who was nominated to run. Today, the Klan still shows lasting effects, as many counties in the south, where the KKK was most popular, are more likely to vote Republican, as that was the influence on the voters in the 60’s and onward. The resurgence of the KKK in the 1920s not only had Klansmen singling out African Americans as many people believe, but many other minority groups, and controlled the voting, the aftereffects of which are seen
The KKK were people classified as not being able to cope with modern, urban society. “But recent scholarship shows that Klan members were a cross-section of native Protestants; many were women, and many came from urban areas” (Digital History, 2014). At the KKK’s peak during 1924, they had control of 24 of the 48 state legislators, and could control who was nominated to run. Today, the Klan still shows lasting effects, as many counties in the south, where the KKK was most popular, are more likely to vote Republican, as that was the influence on the voters in the 60’s and onward. The resurgence of the KKK in the 1920s not only had Klansmen singling out African Americans as many people believe, but many other minority groups, and controlled the voting, the aftereffects of which are seen