Ku Klux Klan Thesis

On April 9th, 1865 The Civil War was won by the North declaring an end to slavery and its cruelty. Blacks will no longer be called Slaves or be pushed around and beaten by their landlords, they have received freedom in all parts of the USA… and the Southerners were not happy with that. Angrily, the Southerners created the Ku Klux Klan to torture all of the freed slaves by burning down their houses, robbing them, and even worse... murdering them.
The Ku Klux Klan, or KKK for short, was founded by six confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee. The Ku Klux Klan have been on the streets ever since the end of the Civil War with an estimate of about 500,000 Klan members. The Klansmen wear white robes with white hoods that cover up their faces. The goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to battle against the Reconstruction, (1865-1877). Blacks were extremely hated in the South ever since they were defeated by the North in the Civil War and need to be on guard most of the time from the Ku Klux Klan's violent doings. Blacks didn’t need to worry that much about being found during the day… it's at night when they need to be extremely cautious for the Ku Klux Klan’s sneaky surprise attacks. The Ku Klux
One way that the KKK and To Kill a Mockingbird connects is it takes place in the Depression era, where an item yesterday costed one dollar now costs four dollars today, the second rise of the Ku Klux Klan was affected by The Depression. New members that wanted to join had to pay a LOT of money to join… It costed ten dollars! That may not seem like a lot but during the Depression ten dollars translated to a good fifty dollars... if not that then more! In To Kill a Mockingbird families such as the Cunninghams were struck hard by the Depression where a quarter was too much to pay. Walter Cunningham's family doesn’t know where their next meal is going to come for, they may even have to skip meals if they can’t find the