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Vor 3 Tagen · The history of the United States from 1865 to 1917 was marked by the Reconstruction era, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era, and includes the rise of industrialization and the resulting surge of immigration in the United States . This period of rapid economic growth and soaring prosperity in the Northern United States and the Western ...
15. Mai 2024 · A study of the Ku Klux Klan today, describing their aims and the characteristics of the membership and depicting some of their white-robed ceremonies. Shows ...
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Vor einem Tag · Nadir of Americanrace relations. The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation, "Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American. [1] Such laws remained in force until 1965. [2]
14. Mai 2024 · The Indiana Klan was led by D.C. Stephenson, a charismatic figure with a shadowy background who was skilled at packaging prejudice into eye-catching rallies and parades. Wives belonged to the Klan’s women’s auxiliary, and children marched in parades of the Ku Klux Kiddies. In 1923, Stephenson had a plan to buy Valparaiso University — at ...
Vor einem Tag · The 1928 United States presidential election was the 36th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1928. Republican former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover defeated the Democratic nominee, Governor Al Smith of New York. After President Calvin Coolidge declined to seek reelection, Hoover emerged as his party's frontrunner.
Vor einem Tag · Grant was so adamant about the passage of the Ku Klux Klan Act, he earlier had sent a message to Congress, on March 23, 1871, in which he said: "A condition of affairs now exists in some of the States of the Union rendering life and property insecure, and the carrying of the mails and the collection of the revenue dangerous.
23. Mai 2024 · Rumors of Black's involvement in the Ku Klux Klan surfaced, and two Democratic senators tried defeating the nomination; no conclusive evidence was presented tying Black to the klan. After rejecting 15–66 a motion to recommit the nomination to the Judiciary Committee for further review, the Senate voted 63–16 to confirm on August 17, 1937; [29] ten Republicans and six Democrats voted against.
