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    The second Ku Klux Klan(KKK) was formed in 1915 by William J. Simmons in Atlanta, Georgia. Their former organization is one that instilled fear and violence into the many communities it infiltrated in the mid to late 1800s. Through 1915-1920, the KKK was reborn into a much more organized group, attempting to reincarnate what their group once was to regain white supremacy throughout the states.

"That which always, that which everywhere, that which by all had been held to be true"
Ku Klux Klan flag, 1865

        The main goal of the KKK was to recoup white supremacy through the states, but unlike their predecessors they also aimed at a broader platform, attempting to make our country "100% American," excluding Jews, Catholics, immigrants, and most Europeans. They sought to enforce their belief system with no ability to view any contrary idealisms.

    

    Although their claimed goal in mind was "100% Americanism", if you take a deeper look, this only boils down to roots of discrimination, exclusion, and rooted prejudice against many minority groups. This divisive mindset was a very harmful ideology that threw coal on the already flaming fire of segregation.

    All of the KKK's beliefs stem off an idea of nativism, a belief that a lands own or established people are superior in every way to minorities and should have control over the country's tradition, culture, and institution. They promoted a strong nativist agenda, believing that only those born of Anglo-Saxon Protestant descendance, such as an upper class white male, could be considered "100% American."