Day 1 - Oostburg School District

In 1915 the Ku Klux Klan was lead by failed minister, William
Joseph Simmons. He called it the “New Generation” for the Klan. In 1920
the Klan went from about 5,00 members to more than 40,000. In 1924 the
Klan peaked at over 100,000 members, and then a climax took place as
40,000 members paraded through Washington, DC. There is a theory to
why the Klan grew so much in such a small time period, it was believed to
be all of the immigrants that came to the USA. Also the said because of
post war era help boost the Klan. They also came close together because
they thought the foreigners were going to take all of the jobs.
This affects us today because the Klan is still around and still
commits hate crimes just as they did back in the 1920’s. Also they killed
hundreds of Americans up to this day and most likely will continue in to the
future.