The Dark side of the Boom - KKK

This worksheet looks at how tolerant was US society by looking at the dark side of the Boom by looking at the causes of the farm crisis and how it led to an increasing intolerance in the USA. The second section looks compares and contrasts the aims, tactics and methods of WASPs and the KKK . Both these sections are followed up by straight forward question and answer tasks.

The aims and objectives are:

Theme: The Dark side of the Boom
Know: What is the difference between a WASP and a member of the KKK?
Understand: What methods and tactics did the KKK use?
Understand: Why did support for the KKK increase and then decline in the 1920s?
Evaluate: How tolerant was the USA in the 1920s?
Skills: Cause, Consequence, Source Evaluation & judgement

What Am I Looking For this lesson?
Identify / Describe – Who were the KKK?
Explain – Why did support for them increase and then decline in the 1920s?
Analyse – begin to form a judgement on how tolerant was US society in the 1920s?

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