Chapter 21

Quiz for Chapter Twenty-One Thinking Like a Historian: Who Joined the Ku Klux Klan?

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Question 1

What does the image in source 1 suggest about how Ku Klux Klan members in small-town America in the 1920s saw themselves and their group?A. Klan members hid their support for the group to protect its secrecy.
B. Klan participants were proud of their membership.
C. Members of the Klan saw themselves and their group as isolated from mainstream America.
D. Klansmen and women believed that the group’s primary purpose was political.

Question 2

Based on the evidence presented in this collection of sources, which events made the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) particularly appealing to the majority of Americans who joined the group in the 1920s?A. Night rides to commit acts of violence against African Americans
B. Large public marches in which Klan members displayed their power
C. Protests against saloons, synagogues, and black- and immigrant-owned businesses
D. Community gatherings that included activities, food, and family entertainment

Question 3

According to the data presented in source 5, what could a historian glean about why semiskilled and unskilled workers were underrepresented in the KKK in Buffalo, New York, in 1924?A. A large percentage of Buffalo’s unskilled and semiskilled workforce consisted of blacks and immigrants.
B. Unskilled and semiskilled workers in northern cities generally rejected racist and nativist attitudes.
C. Unskilled and semiskilled workers did not have the time to participate in fraternal and community organizations.
D. The KKK in the North billed itself as an organization for professionals and skilled workers.

Question 4

For which of the following reasons would a historian question the veracity of the stories the women in source 6 told about their experiences with the Klan in the 1920s?A. The informants were probably quite old by the 1980s and unlikely to remember their experiences.
B. The stigmatized status of the KKK in the 1980s was likely to have colored the women’s reporting of their experiences.
C. The interviewer told the women they could remain anonymous, which made them less likely to tell the truth.
D. The women had been victims of Klan violence in the 1920s, which likely led them to exaggerate their stories.

Question 5

In his 1923 editorial (source 7), Hiram Wesley Evans focused his critique on the threats posed by which of the following phenomena?A. The abolition of slavery and Reconstruction
B. The impact of industrialists’ desire for cheap labor
C. Americans’ desire for cheap manufactured goods
D. The dilution of good white Protestant stock by miscegenation

Question 6

A historian would characterize the KKK’s 1925 “Program for America” (source 8) as a political platform based on the opposition to which of the following phenomena?A. Welfare capitalism
B. Urban culture and values
C. The Red Scare
D. American imperialism