HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Hiram Wesley Evans, White Supremacy, Assertiveness
17 Nov 2016
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Kkk attacked women, children, african americans, and germans. Larger context of the kkk & connections with racism: Scare of foreign radicalism: creation of the soviet union. Red scare: looking to neighbors as potential communists. First time of immigration laws: anti-immigration. Unstable economy: constant fluctuations, less secure and less confident about the future. After wwi railroad unions went on strike to recover some lost wages. General strikes: some in texas (1918-1922) People viewed this as the world coming apart. Various race riots: houston, longview, chicago. No so much the african americans rioting but white people attacking african americans. Women beginning to cut hair and dress differently. Urban growth is the result of women roles and race issues. The kkk did not grow where there was not urbanization: very rapid urban growth was necessary for kkk growth. By 1919 there had been huge uptake and collapses in cotton prices.
