The Ku Klux Klan disapproved of immigrants because immigrants were stereotyped as brutes, animals, and impoverished. These immigrants were also stealing our jobs which made the group even madder. They believed the the white race was superior to all other races. In the second clan two thirds of the leaders were ministers that wanted all other religions gone. They didn't want to share the country with anyone of a different religion. A significant characteristic of the second Klan was that it was an organization based in urban areas, reflecting the major shifts of population to cities in both the North and the South. In Michigan, for instance, 40,000 members lived in Detroit, where they made up more than half of the state's membership. Most Klansmen
