Backlash To The 1920s (History Worksheet) Page 3

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v. Wanted to promote Protestant religious values
vi. Committed to protecting the “purity of white womanhood,” the KKK physically punished
those who engaged in immoral behavior, public indecency and drunkenness, wife beating,
gambling, adultery, and the failure to support one's family.
e. The WKKK, or women's auxiliary, began in 1923, and a Junior Klan formed in 1924.
f.
Tactics (LIST)
Targets (LIST)
g. The KKK gained a tremendous amount of power and influence in the 1920s
i. Elected a number of Klansmen to political office. Seized political control in a number of
states
ii. KKK organized a mass March on Washington (August 8, 1925 40,000 Klansmen marched
on the Capital)

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