The rise of the Ku Klux Klan during the early 1920s and its impact on American politics

In this essay I set out to explore the reasons for the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920s and see its impact on US politics at the time. Firstly, I will briefly outline the history and guidelines of the Ku Klux Klan, as it existed before 1920s, as I believe it is important to understand the Klan’s concept in the American history. And secondly, I will discuss particular Klan policies in its second version in 1920s and means of influencing the whole US nation. The issue of the Klan was quite typical and one of the most controversial of the 1920s, thus I would like to point out some interventions with the particular political situation of the era.
The Ku Klux Klan was originally founded as early as 1866 in the U.S. South after the Civil War, in years called Reconstruction and as a secret society of white Southerners. During the years of Reconstruction, the scattered American nation tried to restore its union, forbid slavery and help freed slaves to become rightful citizens. At...