in the U.S. the membership rate reduced to only several thousand. They were only active on a very small scale. (C#15.3) 2.In 1940 the Klan joined with the German American Bund, an organization financed in part by the government of Nazi Germany.3.In 1944 it disbanded formally when it was unable to pay back taxes owed to the federal government. (C# 5.7)III.The late 1940 are to the early/mid 1970’sA.Poor and Broke tragedy strikes the Klan, but later on tragedy strikes the rest of the world.1.In 1947 Samuel Green, of Atlanta, Georgia, dies, he was a major Klan leader. After his death the Klan split into other smaller compartments.(C#1.10)2.After the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 it experienced a marked increase in membership, reaching an estimated 40,000 members. 3.Klan members killed a lot of people in this time period. Many people believe the Klan had sanctioned all of the killings due to the press, but from what the Klan said and has stuck by the killers were members but took it upon themselves to murder people. (C# 8.4) 4.In the1970’s The Klan's activity increased a little. Klan's men ran for political office and they opened up an office in Toronto. (C# 7.7)Conclusion: The KKK was and still is a hate group today, which had three major periods of activity, the first was the mid 1860’s to the early 1870’s, the second was 1915 to 1944 and the third was from the late 1940’s until the early 1970’s as for the KKK today after about 1980 there was a decline in numbers .The Klan is still around but there are very few members and hardly any activity from them. The Klan still goes on with meetings and cross burnings today but is pretty m...
